Pace v. Pace (Majority, with Concurring)
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The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the circuit court denying Father's petition to modify a joint custody order and give him primary custody of his minor daughter and denying Mother's petition for attorney fees, holding that the circuit court did not err.
In the parties' divorce decree, the circuit court ordered joint custody of the child with each parent to have physical custody of the child on alternating weeks. Father later the petition for change of custody that was at issue in this appeal. The circuit court found a material change of circumstances but concluded that the best interest of the child required it to maintain the status quo. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding (1) there was no clear error in the circuit court's decision to maintain the joint-custody arrangement; and (2) the circuit court did not abuse its discretion in not awarding Mother attorney's fees.
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