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When considering modification of child custody due to a legitimate relocation of a parent, the superior court must assume that the legitimate move will take place and consider the consequenc... Read more
Parents shared joint custody of child, with mother as primary physical custody and visitation right to the father. After mother's death, father requested custody. In response, the attorney f... Read more
District court had subject matter jurisdiction, under Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act (UCCJEA), to decide child custody in divorce action involving former wife, a memb... Read more
Finding of substantial change in circumstances was not prerequisite to modification of father's visitation with child; rather, appropriate consideration was whether modification was in child... Read more
Italian citizen father appeals from a decision denying his petition for return of his young son, who was abducted by his U.S. citizen former wife from Italy and left to the United States. Read more
When the parties were initially divorced, the final judgment did not set out a specific visitation schedule; instead, it provided for liberal visitation. Subsequently, the former husband pet... Read more
The return of the Husband to Ghana while his Wife remained in the United States ultimately produced two separate divorce actions, each with an accompanying petition for child custody Read more
Romulus v. Romulus: A previously separate real property becomes titled by the entireties, the law presumes the transfer to be a gift to the marital estate. Read more
At issue in this case is whether it is in the best interests of the children for mother, their custodial parent, to relocate with the children from Oregon to California. Read more
Friedman v. District Court: When the family relocated, the trial court had no jurisdiction to determinate child custody pursuant to the UCCJEA. Read more
