Brenna M. Outwater, f/k/a Brenna M. Ahmasuk v. Brandon D. Ahmasuk

Summary

The court held that the superior court improperly modified physical custody without symmetrically evaluating the consequences of the mother moving with the children versus moving without them, and without considering the children's relational stability. It also held that the superior court applied an incorrect standard and lacked record support when awarding sole rather than joint legal custody. The court vacated and remanded the physical-custody decision and reversed the legal-custody decision.