Sergey Misyura, Appellant v. Lyudmila Misyura, Appellee

Summary

The Alaska Supreme Court affirmed the award of sole legal and physical custody to the mother because the trial court properly found that the father had a history of domestic violence and that the statutory presumption against awarding him custody applied. The court held that the trial court improperly delegated to the mother the authority to require the father to complete a batterer intervention program as a condition of unsupervised visitation, so it reversed and remanded the visitation order. The court did not reach the father's separate challenge to the denial of overnight visitation.