State Ex Rel. Harmon v. Utterback

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• stating that the welfare of a child is the polar star by which the discretion of this Court will be guided; also, a parent seeking to regain custody after transferring permanent custody must prove a change of custody will promote the welfare of the child
• “The right of a parent to the custody of his or her child, being founded in nature and wisdom and recognized and declared by statute, will be respected unless such right is transferred, relinquished or abandoned[J”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).