Based on the distance between the parties, Father retained custody on all other weekends and weekdays. The costs of transportation, including that of an adult designated to fly with the child until she reached the age of seven, was to be divided equally by the parties. The decision of the trial court must be affirmed unless it is against the weight of the evidence, unsupported by substantial evidence or misstates or misapplies the law. Where there is conflicting evidence, this court defers to the trial court. We will affirm the trial court's judgment even if there is evidence which would support a different conclusion.
Mother raises five points of error.
Four complain, in various ways, that the evidence is insufficient to support the trial court's judgment. We find Mother's first point to be dispositive. This court has applied the same four factors noted by the trial court when determining the propriety of allowing a parent to remove a child from the state. Here, the trial court made extensive oral findings on the record regarding the propriety of the proposed relocation. Specifically, the trial court found that the proposed move would improve the general quality of life for both Mother and Daughter.