Like enemies meeting on neutral ground, the man and the woman exchange their daughter with barely a glance or word between them. It is a monthly ritual witnessed by police and travelers in the crowded McCarran International Airport. The routine will continue until she begins kindergarten. The girl's father, Ed Berglund, says the traveling does not negatively affect Christina, who until September was making the flight every three weeks. But the mother, Michelle Romero, says a physician thinks the shuttling is detrimental to her daughter's well-being.
Child custody disputes increase in difficulty when one of the parents lives outside Nevada.
Now, a parent awarded primary custody of a child can leave Las Vegas over the objections of the other. This is what occurred in the Berglund case. Had his estranged wife agreed to remain in Las Vegas, Berglund maintains that the custody dispute that has dragged on for two years would never have occurred. He says he believes young children should live with their mothers, but he also wants a relationship with his daughter. So he and Romero continue the airport exchanges which are witnessed routinely by police because of past flare-ups between the parents.