context: By looking at each fact in isolation, the Mother improperly focuses on individual trees in a determined effort to avoid seeing the forest. When determining whether a change of circumstance has been established in a custody case, the issue is whether the evidence, viewed as a whole, establishes that the circumstances of the parties have changed enough that the best inter ests of the children will be served by changing custody.
citation_a.signal: see
citation_a.identifier: 328 S.C. 521, 521
citation_a.parenthetical: "There exist no hard and fast rules for determining when to change custody and the totality of the circumstances peculiar to each case constitutes the only scale upon which the ultimate decision can be weighed."
citation_a.sentence: See Routh, 328 S.C. at 521, 492 S.E.2d at 420 ("There exist no hard and fast rules for determining when to change custody and the totality of the circumstances peculiar to each case constitutes the only scale upon which the ultimate decision can be weighed.”) (emphasis added); see also Aiken v. Nelson, 292 S.C. 400, 403, 356 S.E.2d 839, 841 (1987) (affirming change of custody "[biased upon the totality of the evidence and the broad discretionary powers of the trial court”) (emphasis added).
citation_b.signal: see also
citation_b.identifier: 356 S.E.2d 839, 841
citation_b.parenthetical: affirming change of custody "[biased upon the totality of the evidence and the broad discretionary powers of the trial court"
citation_b.sentence: See Routh, 328 S.C. at 521, 492 S.E.2d at 420 ("There exist no hard and fast rules for determining when to change custody and the totality of the circumstances peculiar to each case constitutes the only scale upon which the ultimate decision can be weighed.”) (emphasis added); see also Aiken v. Nelson, 292 S.C. 400, 403, 356 S.E.2d 839, 841 (1987) (affirming change of custody "[biased upon the totality of the evidence and the broad discretionary powers of the trial court”) (emphasis added).