Alaska Supreme Court

Justin L. Nelson, Appellant v. Erica R. Nelson, Appellee — Stowers, J., Dissenting

October 28, 20112011 Alas. LEXIS 113

Summary

Justice Stowers, joined by Justice Winfree, dissented in part from the court’s decision to vacate the superior court’s custody order and remand for a best-interests assessment. The dissent would have held that the parents’ court-approved Parenting Agreement anticipated relocation and assigned school-year custody to the nonmoving parent, so the move did not constitute a sufficient change in circumstances requiring modification. The dissent agreed that the custody-investigator-fee issue should be remanded.