Nuria Mengisteab, Appellant v. Ahla-Taki Oates, Appellee.

Summary

The court affirmed nearly all aspects of the superior court's custody-modification decision, including its finding that Mengisteab's relocation was primarily intended to frustrate visitation, its substance-abuse finding, visitation arrangements, child-support ruling, and rejection of judicial-bias claims. It reversed and remanded because the superior court failed to perform the required symmetrical best-interests analysis concerning the consequences of separating Saul from Mengisteab if she remained out of state. On remand, the court must reconsider continuity and stability while assuming that the relocation and resulting separation will occur.