19 Dec 2006
ALBERT V BEATRICE AND ORS HC AK CIV-2006-404-3930
- Citation
- openlaw-c5be9105_3fdb_4e39_89f4_bbaeb30f41fc.pdf
- Court
- High Court
The High Court upheld the Family Court's decision because the judge appropriately exercised his evaluative function: he identified and discounted parts of the psychologist's report that were predisposed, fairly assessed the child's expressed wishes obtained in a private judicial interview with counsel present, reasonably concluded that the grandmother provided greater stability and continuous care necessary for the child's best interests, and the procedural complaints did not render the outcome wrong; appeal dismissed.