[Download] "Depasquale V. Superior Court" by Arizona Court of Appeals ~ eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Depasquale V. Superior Court
- Author : Arizona Court of Appeals
- Release Date : January 21, 1995
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 59 KB
Description
DePasquale brings this action to contest the trial court's interim award of physical custody of her nine-year-old son to Thrasher, the child's father. Without conducting an evidentiary hearing, the trial court changed custody from DePasquale to Thrasher pending a full-scale hearing on Thrasher's petition for permanent change of custody. The court based its order on the recommendation of a court-appointed psychologist, announcing before receiving the recommendation that it would place interim custody with whichever parent the psychologist suggested. We hold that the trial court erred in (1) delegating judicial authority to a court-appointed psychologist, (2) awarding a temporary change in custody without independently determining the best interests of the child, and (3) awarding a temporary change in custody without holding a hearing.