Rivers v. DeBoer

This is a custody case, with a legal twist. Karley Rivers appeals the circuit court's order that switched custody of her minor son, G.D., to his father, Caleb DeBoer. The parents were not married when their son was born. Rivers had custody of G.D. from his birth in 2009 until the court changed that in its 12 October 2017 order. She argues that the circuit court erred by awarding custody to DeBoer because the "proof did not evince a material change in circumstances warranting a custody modification," and the change was not otherwise in G.D.'s best interest.

The twist is that an interpretive…