Fletcher v. Fletcher

This is a child custody case in which the circuit court awarded the parties joint legal custody of their three minor children, with physical custody to the plaintiff father and liberal visitation to the defendant mother. The Court of Appeals reversed and awarded physical custody to the defendant. Because it did not correctly review this matter, we reverse the judgment of the Court of Appeals insofar as it relates to the standards of review applicable to child custody cases, and remand to circuit court for further proceedings.

I. FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS

The parties were married in 1975 and have…