Smith v. Stern

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• holding that the provisions of an interim custody order have been rendered moot by the issuance of the final custody order
• holding that the provisions of an interim custody order have been rendered moot by the issuance of the final custody order
• concluding that the trial court abused its discretion in denying father’s contempt petitions where there was evidence that mother had violated the custody order
• noting that, as children grow older, more weight must be given to the preference of the child
• stating that “[i]t is within the trial court’s purview as the finder of fact to determine which factors are most salient and critical in each particular case”
• holding we cannot vacate an erroneous interim custody order; “This is tantamount to ‘unringing the bell’ and rewinding the past two years of [the child’s] life as if they never happened.”

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