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Final Copy 290 Ga. 65

S11F0812. ROWDEN v. ROWDEN.

MELTON, Justice. Angela Rowden (Wife) and Gary Rowden (Husband) were divorced
pursuant to a May 26, 2010 Final Decree. In the Final Decree, Wife was awarded primary physical custody of the parties' two minor children, and was also awarded child support. Husband appeals, contending that these rulings were in error. We affirm. The record reveals that, during the trial, evidence was presented regarding

both parents being fit to raise their children, but with each of them having an inability to communicate and cooperate effectively with each other with respect to matters involving their children. Evidence was also presented concerning Wife's salary of $200,000 as a medical doctor in 2009, but then having her salary reduced to $80,000 after she lost several patients from her practice and had to accept a new medical position on February 1, 2010. Prior to trial, Wife's contract at her new employer was reduced to a $40,000 per year part-time position due to the insufficient amount of work that was being generated at the

practice. Wife hoped to return to full-time employment in January or February of 2011 by rebuilding her practice, but, at the time of the trial, she was still working in her part-time position. Husband's income at the time of trial was
$26,000 per year. 1. Husband contends that the trial court erred by granting primary custody of the parties' children to Wife. In a contest between parents over the custody of a child [or children], the trial court has a very broad discretion, looking always to the best interest of the child[ren], and may award the child[ren] to one even though the other may not be an unfit person to exercise custody or had not otherwise lost the right to custody. . . . Where in such a case the trial [court] has exercised [its] discretion, this court will not interfere unless the evidence shows a clear abuse thereof. . . . In a case such as this, it is the duty of the trial [court] to resolve the conflicts in the evidence, and where there is any evidence to support [the trial court's] finding it cannot be said by this court that there was an abuse of discretion on the part of the trial [court] in awarding custody of the minor child[ren] to the mother. [Cits.] (Punctuation omitted.) LaFont v. Rouviere, 283 Ga. 60, 62 (2) (656 SE2d 522) (2008). See also OCGA

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