Beth Pingree, Appellant v. Andre Cossette, Appellee.

Summary

The Alaska Supreme Court affirmed the superior court's award of primary physical custody to the father while the parents continued living in separate communities. It held that the superior court did not abuse its discretion in excluding hearsay questionnaires, declining to discuss the custody investigator's report, discounting a witness's testimony, or weighing the evidence and best-interests factors. The court also held that several challenged factual findings were either supported by the record or immaterial, and that any improper comments about corporal punishment did not affect the custody decision.