Custody of Zia

This case involves a dispute between a mother and father concerning the custody of their child bom out of wedlock. *238A judge of the Probate and Family Court, on the father’s complaint to establish paternity (the question of paternity is not at issue), awarded the father sole legal and physical custody of the child. The mother has appealed. We affirm the judgment.

1. We summarize the findings of the probate judge. The mother and father began a romantic relationship in 1995 that resulted in the child’s birth in August, 1996. At the time of the birth, the mother was nineteen years of age and the…