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Appeals court hears arguments in Noyce v. Mancuso over legal custody; panel takes case under advisement
Summary
A three-justice panel heard arguments in an appeal over whether a trial judge abused discretion in awarding sole legal custody to the father. Appellant’s counsel argued the trial court undervalued evidence of the father’s depression and caretaking failures; the father disputed that characterization. The court took the case under advisement.
A three-justice panel of the appeals court heard oral argument Tuesday in case 24P606, Noyce v. Mancuso, an appeal over a trial court’s award of sole legal custody to the father.
Mark Papirio, counsel for appellant Maria Mancuso, told the panel that the trial judge failed to give sufficient weight to evidence that the father had been suffering from depression and that his condition affected his ability to parent. “He stopped following the communication app,” Papirio said, and missed notices about the child’s behavioral-health treatment and a head injury. Papirio also highlighted testimony that the father had lower recent…
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