In re the Marriage of Jewell

We have granted wife’s petition for reconsideration, not because we conclude our decision to affirm the trial court’s child custody award was wrong, but because we agree that our opinion doing so may have been too abbreviated and conclusory: it is subject to an interpretation that in any domestic relations case we affirm the trial court unless we can say that it was clearly wrong. That interpretation would be too broad, although our ultimate decision, after giving due deference to the trial court’s opportunity to hear and see the parties and witnesses, may be based upon our conclusion that…