Pieper v. Pieper
Annotate this CaseWhen Mother and Father divorced, Mother alleged that Father sexually abused one of the parties’ two children. The circuit court granted sole physical custody of the children to Mother and granted Father supervised visitation. Mother appealed, arguing, among other things, that the circuit court abused its discretion by granting Father visitation. The Supreme Court reversed the circuit court’s visitation order, holding that the circuit court erroneously concluded that it could not prohibit visitation and applied the incorrect burden of proof to the allegations of sexual abuse. Remanded for a determination of whether visitation with Father was in the children’s best interests.
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