Indiana Supreme Court· 2/8/2011

Best v. Best

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941 N.E.2d 499
2011 Ind. LEXIS 67
2011 WL 397773

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acknowledging a trial court’s “superior position” to “assess credibility and character through both factual testimony and intuitive discernment” via “direct interactions with the parties face-to-face”
“Appellate deference to the determinations of our trial court judges, especially in domestic relations matters, is warranted because of their unique, direct interactions with the parties face-to-face, often over an extended period of time.”
“Appellate judges are not to reweigh the evidence nor reassess witness credibility.”
because trial court judges have direct interactions with the parties over an extended period of time, they “are in a superior position to ascertain information and apply common sense, particularly in the determination of the best interests of the involved children”
“Appellate judges are not to reweigh the evidence[.]”

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Judges: Dickson, Shepard, Rucker, Sullivan, David

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