Baker v. Baker

This is a child custody case whose subject is an 11-year-old boy, the son of divorced parents.

Our order granting leave to appeal obligates us to answer two questions:

1. Whether, on the facts of this case, there existed at the time of trial an established custodial *573environment from which the trial court was by statute forbidden to remove the minor child, absent clear and convincing evidence that the child’s best interests required a change of custody; and

2. "[W]hether, under the facts of this case, the trial court erroneously overlooked the importance of long-term community contacts as a…