M.D. v. R.D.

Following a ten-day trial, a judge of the Probate and Family Court ordered the entry of a judgment of divorce that inter alia, granted, sole legal custody of the parties' minor daughter to the defendant, R.D., and further provided for the parties to share physical custody of the child.2 The plaintiff, M.D., appeals, contending that the judge abused her discretion in concluding that such a grant of custody was in the child's best interest. We affirm.

In deciding the issues of custody and parenting time, the best interests of the child are paramount. G. L. c. 208, § 31. See A.H. v. M.P., 447…