Kendrick v. Shoemake

OPINION

JANICE M. HOLDER, J„

delivered the opinion of the court, in which

FRANK F. DROWOTA, III, C.J., and E. RILEY ANDERSON and WILLIAM M. BARKER, JJ, joined.

We granted this appeal to determine the proper standard to apply to a petition to modify custody when both parents-are parties. We hold that a trial court may modify an award of child custody when both a material change of circumstances has occurred and a change of custody is in the child’s best interests. We hold that the preponderance of the evidence does not support the trial court’s ruling that a material change of circumstances has…