California Court of Appeal

Trial court's issuance of a modification order changing custody to the noncustodial parent, thereby requiring the minor children to move in the middle of the school year from their California home to the noncustodial parent's home in Alabama, is vacated where the court abused its discretion by failing to consider the relevant factors, including the children's existing educational, physical, emotional and familial relationships with the custodial parent, and whether an out-of-state move-away would detrimentally affect their interests in continuity and stability.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/16/2015
• Published 06/16/2015

Judges

• ARONSON

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel