Alfred v. Braxton

HESTER, Judge:

Ronnie Braxton, Father, appeals from the order of the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas granting appellee-Mother, Debra Alfred, primary physical custody of the parties’ daughter. For the reasons which follow, we reverse and remand.

Father has been a Pennsylvania resident since 1979; Mother is a resident of Trinidad who has been living in the United States since 1989. Notes of Testimony (“N.T.”), 9/1/94, at 33, 56. Mother is married and separated from her husband, Wayne Alfred, also a citizen of Trinidad who lives in New York. Id. at 36-37. Mother and her husband have two…