North Dakota Supreme Court
Boyda v. Boyda
November 20, 20252025 ND 193
Summary
The court held that admitting the children's affidavits was legal error but harmless because the children gave cumulative live testimony. It affirmed the parenting-time modification, the mental examination and cost allocations, and the denial of contempt, but reversed the portion of the order giving a therapist unilateral authority over progression through the parenting plan and remanded for a court-supervised plan. The court also limited its review to the record, imposed double costs, and directed compliance with the successor-judge rule if a new judge handled the remand.