Yvonne S. v. Wesley H.

How courts have described this case

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• noting that evidence submitted by mother moving to obtain custody rebutted her assertion that child’s health and academic performance suffered under father’s care
• explaining that child’s “marked drop in . . . academic performance gives us pause” in custody analysis since it reflects “parent’s ability to provide for a child’s educational needs”
• considering preferences of 14-year-old who “was mature, made good decisions, and had legitimate reasons for her custody preference”
• using mature child's preference as a \major factor\ in making custody determination

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).