MATTER OF CUSTODY OF M.J.H.

A16-1056.

913 N.W.2d 437 (2018)

In the MATTER OF the CUSTODY OF M.J.H. Eric John Christensen, Respondent, v. Danielle Marie Healey, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

Filed: June 20, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael P. Boulette , Barnes & Thornburg LLP, Minneapolis, Minnesota, for respondent.

Charles H. Thomas , Southern Minnesota Regional Legal Services, Inc., Saint Paul, Minnesota; and Julia Craig , Southern Minnesota Regional Legal Services, Inc., Mankato, Minnesota, for appellant.

Ben M. Henschel , Henschel Moberg Goff, P.A., Minneapolis, Minnesota; and David L. Olson , Edina, Minnesota, for amicus curiae Minnesota Chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers.

Sarah J. Runchey , Runchey, Louwagie & Wellman, Marshall, Minnesota; Mary Catherine Lauhead , Law Offices of Mary Catherine Lauhead, Saint Paul, Minnesota; and Michael D. Dittberner , Linder, Dittberner, Bryant & Winter, Ltd., Edina, Minnesota, for amicus curiae Family Law Section of the Minnesota State Bar Association.


OPINION

The issue before us is whether the best-interests-of-the-child standard in Minn. Stat. § 518.175, subd. 5(b) (2016), or the endangerment standard in Minn. Stat. § 518.18(d)(iv) (2016), applies to the motion of respondent Eric John Christensen to increase his parenting time to every other week. Christensen...

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