The father applied for sole custody of his four-year-old daughter, who had been living with her maternal grandmother for almost four years.
The mother, who had significant mental health and substance abuse issues, supported the grandmother's claim for custody.
The court found that the grandmother's home environment was unstable and that she lacked insight into the mother's and her own deficiencies, including failing to protect the child from the mother's violent partner and failing to address the child's chronic head lice.
The court determined that the father offered a stable, loving, and comprehensive plan for the child's care.
Sole custody was granted to the father, with specified access to the mother and maternal grandparents.
