Alaska Supreme Court

Travis M. Judd, Appellant v. Amanda Burns F/k/a Judd, Appellee

July 7, 20172017 Alas. LEXIS 83

Summary

The court affirmed the modification awarding Amanda primary physical custody after finding that her planned move to Hawaii was legitimate and that relocation was in the child's best interests. It upheld the superior court's decisions not to appoint a custody investigator and to limit the evidentiary hearing to two hours. The court vacated the modification of legal custody because neither party requested it, Travis lacked notice and an opportunity to present evidence on that issue, and the record did not establish a need for changing the existing decision-making arrangement.