In Re the Custody of N.M.O.

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• discussing series of cases where Minnesota courts have ruled against biological parents on the basis of the child’s best interest
• discussing series of cases where Minnesota courts have ruled against biological parents on the basis of the child's best interest
• best interest of the child is overriding consideration, even in dispute between natural parent and a third person
• best interest of the child is overriding consideration, even in dispute between nat ural parent and a third person
• best interests of the child is always the overriding consideration in custody decisions
• “The principle that the custody of young children is ordinarily best vested in the [parent] ... is distinctly subordinate to the controlling principle that the overriding consideration in custody proceedings is the child’s welfare.” (quotation omitted)

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