Katy’s mom and dad always got along very well and enjoyed joint custody of Katy. One day, Katy told her mother (Mom) that she didn’t like going to her dad’s (Dad) house because his friend touching her inappropriately. Katy’s mom began avoiding Dad on his custody weekends. Upset with dealing with this for over six months, Dad filed for sole custody of Katy. At the custody hearing during cross-examination of Mom, Dad’s lawyer asked her if she had told Katy to make up the story to keep Dad from winning custody of Katy. Mom adamantly denied the accusation. In Mom’s rebuttal, she offered Katy’s statement that Katy made about Dad’s friend 6 months before the custody proceedings began. Dad objected that the statement is inadmissible hearsay. What ruling:
