McCormic v. Rider

PAINTER, Judge.

| , Judith Ann Rider (Rider) appeals the trial court’s judgment granting joint custody of the minor child to Rider, the child’s adoptive mother, and Jason Ray Craft (Craft) and Lucille Marie McCormic (McCormic), the child’s biological parents, and naming McCormic as the domiciliary parent. For the following reasons, we reverse the judgment of the trial court.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

McCormic gave birth to a son, Tyler, on May 31, 2000. Craft is his father. McCormic and Craft were never married. Craft’s mother, Rider, adopted the child on or about April 27, 2001. While…