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Appeals court reviews child-custody ruling that transferred primary custody to father; mother challenges reliance on probation-office interviews and retroactive
Summary
In Hill v. Del Plateau (24P744) the appellant mother argued the trial judge gave undue weight to the child's statements to a probation officer, used hearsay as substantive evidence, ignored disruption to the mother-child bond, and awarded retroactive child support based on an annualized salary figure the mother disputes.
Caroline Hill’s appellate counsel argued the trial court made multiple errors when it modified custody and awarded child support in Hill v. Del Plateau (24P744). Counsel told the panel that the record shows Sofia — the child at issue — was "happy, healthy, well adjusted" in her mother’s care and that the judge improperly relied on a brief probation-office interview and the child’s…
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