Key legal question
Whether changed circumstances justified modifying the interim custody arrangement and transferring custody of the daughter to the mother.
Extracted holding
No. The alleged changes, including the mother's termination of work and new living arrangement, did not outweigh the stability of the existing placement with the father.
Extracted reasoning
The court held that the original custody allocation had not been based mainly on the mother's employment, but on her inconsistency and unreliability. The child had since lived with the father in stable conditions, and it was not appropriate to disturb that situation absent compelling new circumstances.