Petition of Purscell

SACKETT, Presiding Judge.

The question in this appeal is which of the two young, unmarried parents will serve as a better custodian of Ben, born on February 15, 1993. When Ben was born, his father, petitioner-appellant Benjamin Purscell, was seventeen and his mother, respondent-appel-lee Beverly Jean McClure, was fifteen. Both Beverly and Benjamin lived with their parents. Beverly took Ben home with her and he has lived with her since. During this time, Beverly has moved ten times in twenty-three months and has lived with three different men and her mother and brother. Beverly claims to have a…