Commonwealth Ex Rel. Jordan v. Jordan

BECK, Judge:

This is a child custody dispute involving Paul who was five years old at the time of the lower court’s hearing in August, 1980. He had lived his entire life with his mother until the lower court transferred custody to the father in September, 1980. The father had lived separately from the mother and child for almost four years. He had remarried subsequent to the divorce from Paul’s mother. The record suggests that the mother had been the child’s primary caretaker since birth. She brings this appeal.

We conclude that the grounds cited by the trial court to justify the transfer of…