LINAM v. KING

Case No. 900034-CA.

804 P.2d 1235 (1991)

Debra LINAM, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. Edwin KING, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Utah.

January 16, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Earl S. Spafford, L. Charles Spafford (argued), Spafford & Spafford, Salt Lake City, for defendant and appellant.

Brent H. Bartholomew (argued), Utah Legal Services, Inc., Provo, for plaintiff and appellee.

Before BENCH, BILLINGS and GREENWOOD, JJ.


OPINION

BENCH, Judge:

Appellant, Edwin King, appeals the trial court's order awarding custody of the parties' minor child, A., to appellee, Debra Linam. We vacate the order and remand for a redetermination of custody.

King and Linam lived together as an unmarried couple for more than five years. Their daughter, A., was born in March 1985, and King acknowledged paternity shortly thereafter. Although A. was the only child of King and Linam, Linam had...

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