173 W. Va. 740
320 S.E.2d 112
Decided July 20, 1984
West Virginia Supreme Court · decided 1984-07-20
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Decided 1984-07-20
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¶1dissenting:
¶2I respectfully dissent because I do not find that the trial court abused his discretion. Although I strongly favor our primary-caretaker-parent presumption, I do not read that presumption as providing that mothers will invariably get custody. In the case before us the record obviously discloses that the appellee father, as between the two natural parents, is superior and I would affirm the circuit court.