Pace v. Pace’s Empirical Analysis

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11 state decisions

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1. “[T]he nature and quality of the evidence presented at a temporary hearing is likely to be different than that which is ultimately presented at the final hearing, and parties should ordinarily expect that only that evidence which their opponent sees fit to offer at the final, more formal hearing will be relied on to support the permanent custody award. See Alford v. Alford, 190 Ga. 562, 564 ( 9 SE2d 895 ) (1940) (“[a] rule that would permit the judge to base his judgment on knowledge gained elsewhere than on the trial at which it is rendered would.. . deprive[ ] [the other party] of the legal right to cross-examine, and otherwise try to controvert such alleged facts”). Accordingly, we now hold that, absent express notice to the parties, it is error for a trial court to rely on evidence from the temporary hearing in making its final custody determination.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Vaughn v. Davis