N.B. v. Berryman’s Empirical Analysis

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3 state decisions

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1. “Age, health, and sex of the child; a determination of the party that has had the continuity of care prior to the separation; which has the best parenting skills and which has the willingness and capacity to provide primary child care; the employment of each party and responsibilities of that employment; physical and mental health and age of the parties; emotional ties with the child; moral fitness of parties; the home, school and community record of the child; the preference of the child at the age sufficient to express a preference by law; stability of home environment and employment of each party[;] and other relevant factors.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 249 So. 3d 409 - J.A.G. v. C.T.

2. “An Albright analysis is not premised solely on a scoring system to determine which parent "wins," and our review for manifest error is not a mechanical check on the chancellor's score card to see if she "tallied" each parent's score correctly. Instead, we ask whether the chancellor considered all relevant facts, giving deference to the weight she assigns each factor.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 249 So. 3d 409 - J.A.G. v. C.T.

3. “[W]e do not find that the chancellor erred in considering the relationship the parties had with their children, current or prospective, when reconsidering their parenting skills.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 249 So. 3d 409 - J.A.G. v. C.T.