Marriage of Hegerfeld v. Hegerfeld

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that it was “unnecessary” for trial court to make specific findings that custody determination was in children’s best interest where parties did not request such findings and affirming trial court’s custody determination
• noting that “[t]he [child custody] statute does not require the trial court to make specific findings unless specific findings are requested pursuant to Trial Rule 52(A)”
• addressing the prior version of the initial custody determination statute and holding that a trial court is not required to enter detailed findings regarding the best interests of the child unless requested
• “[n]either [party] requested specific findings; therefore, it was unnecessary for the trial court to make specific findings that the custody award was in the children’s best interest”
• absent a request from one of the parties, the trial court is not required to make specific findings regarding the factors considered when making a child custody determination

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).