MAXWELL, J., for the Court:
¶ 1. A parent seeking modification of a previous child-custody order bears the initial burden of proving (1) a material change in circumstances adversely affecting his children's welfare and (2) that a change of custody is in the child's best interest. In this case, the chancellor determined a father petitioning for modification had not met this burden.
¶ 2. Though the maternal grandmother had falsely accused the father...
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