Wyche v. Wyche

MORRIS, Judge.

Plaintiff appellant father, contending that the district court ignored critical evidence, maintains that the trial court abused its discretion in awarding custody to the defendant mother. We disagree.

When parents, rebounding from the emotional intensity of a broken marriage, fight custody rights in the courts, the evidence is often presented in “ . . . sharp conflict. . . [and] [e] ach party vigorously maintain [s] that he [or she is] . . . the proper person to have custody of the minor children.” Beck v. Beck, 22 N.C. App. 655, 657, 207 S.E. 2d 378 (1974). Thus, “[o]ur cases…