Duncan v. Howard

OPINION

WILKINS, Judge:

Eileen M. Howard and Sandra and Larry Thorderson appeal an order of the district court granting custody of Clel Howard to Jerome K. Duncan. We affirm.

BACKGROUND

Mr. Duncan and Ms. Howard met in 1987. In the fall of that year, they began cohabiting in Cedar City, Utah. They lived together for four or five months, until Mr. Duncan moved to Texas to seek other employment, and he and Ms. Howard ended their relationship. Clel was born to Ms. Howard on October 12, 1988. At that time, Ms. Howard was living with her mother and stepfather, Sandra and Larry Thorderson, in Salt Lake…