C.E. v. C.C.H.

CRAWLEY, Presiding Judge.

C.C.H. (“the mother”) and C.E. (“the father”) are the parents of B.E. (“the child”); the parents were never married. The child, who was born in 1993, lived with her mother until 1996 or 1997, when the father took custody of the child, apparently with the permission of the mother. The father subsequently received court-awarded custody of the child in 1998. The mother petitioned for custody in January 2005. After a trial, the juvenile court awarded custody of the child to the mother. The father appeals, arguing that the mother failed to meet the test set out in Ex parte…