a. What standards exist in your state to guide the judge on the decision to grant custody when the dispute is between the two biological parents?
b. Find an opinion written by a court in your state in which the court granted custody to one of the parents following a divorce or legal separation. Pick an opinion in which both parents sought sole custody. State the factors that the court used in making this decision. Why did the judge decide not to give custody to the other parent? Do you agree with the judge’s decision on the custody issue? Are there other facts about the case that you would like to know, but were not provided in the opinion? Do you think the investigators for each side did a good job of gathering all the facts?
