B.J.N. v. P.D.

BEATTY, Retired Justice.

This is a child-custody case. After a hearing, the trial court awarded custody to the father, subject to the mother’s visitation rights, and ordered the mother to pay $150 per month in child support. The mother appeals. We reverse and remand.

On September 10, 1998, the father filed a petition seeking temporary and permanent custody, care, and control of his three-year-old child. The petition alleged that on September 9, 1998, the child’s mother had left the minor child alone with his 13-year-old stepsister, and that the mother had left the child alone before. The…