6 Aug 2007
Y v. L
- Citation
- Y v. L
- Court
- Family Court
- Case number
- FCMC4933/2006
Although the short-term status quo favored the father, the court found the status quo weight limited because it had existed only 15 months; the mother is better placed long-term to meet the child’s emotional, educational and developmental needs (including through adolescence), the paternal grandmother is elderly and did not participate in proceedings, the child expressed a preference for living with her mother, and the father’s past history (despite a negative current drug test) and cramped shared accommodation weighed against awarding him custody; accordingly custody was awarded to the mothe…