Responsibilities Concerning W.C

Summary

The court held that a trial court loses jurisdiction over issues material to a perfected appeal unless a statute or rule specifically preserves that jurisdiction. The parenting-time and decision-making statutes did not specifically authorize continuing trial-court jurisdiction during an appeal, and the father's requested modifications were material because they sought to change the orders under appellate review. The court therefore disapproved the court of appeals' order concluding that the trial court retained jurisdiction.