In re Marriage of Harris

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Mother and Father were divorced pursuant to a decree that called for the continuation of a rotating custodial framework that the parties had followed during the previous two years. The Supreme Court affirmed, concluding that that parties’ children were thriving under the joint physical care arrangement. Mother later filed a petition for modification, alleging that several changes justifying a modification of the custodial arrangement had occurred after the dissolution decree was entered. The district court denied the motion for modification, concluding that the evidence did not support a finding of a substantial change in circumstances. The Supreme Court reversed and modified the dissolution decree to allocate to Mother the primary physical care of the children, holding that a substantial change of circumstances has occurred since the dissolution decree was entered and that Mother proved she was better suited than Father to minister to the needs of the children. View "In re Marriage of Harris" on Justia Law