If, as here, a custody proceeding is consolidated with a paternity action and it is the original determination of custody, the district court must apply the standards set out in Minn. Stat. § 518.17 (2008). Psyck v. Wojtysiak, 400 N.W.2d 409, 411 (Minn. App. 1987) (citing Morey v. Peppin, 375 N.W.2d 19, 23 (Minn. 1985)), review denied (Minn.
See Morey v. Peppin, 375 N.W.2d 19, 23 (Minn. 1985) (where father admits paternity and paternity adjudicated by court proceeding, custody is "to be determined under section 518.17"); Psyck v. Wojtysiak, 400 N.W.2d 409, 411 (Minn.App. 1987) (in concurrent or consolidated custody and paternity action, "the court must apply the standards set out in Minn. Stat. § 518.17"), review denied (Minn. Apr. 17, 1987).
This is a more stringent standard than the showing of a child's best interests required for an initial custody determination. Psyck v.Wojtysiak, 400 N.W.2d 409, 411 (Minn.App. 1987), review denied (Minn. Apr. 17, 1987).