Stephanie W., Appellant v. Maxwell v. Appellee

Summary

The court affirmed the superior court’s finding that the child had not been sexually abused by his father and upheld its treatment of the child’s sibling relationships. It remanded the custody determination for reconsideration of the close-and-continuing-relationship factor because the mother’s allegations were made in good faith, and for reconsideration of continuity and stability in light of the father’s failure to provide meaningful support. The court held that the child-support statute did not independently bar the father from receiving custody because no support order or agreement existed.