Opinion ID: 1992864
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Age contingency

Text: Wesley first contends that the divorce court abused its discretion in precluding reconsideration of the visitation issue until Mandy and Missy are ten years old. In making this argument, Wesley equates the age contingency in the court's order to a prohibition against seeking relief from the visitation denial prior to the children reaching the designated age. There is no merit to this position. Although the court's order imposes preconditions on a resumption of visitation, it is, like all visitation orders, subject to modification at an earlier date if there is a change in circumstances sufficiently substantial to affect the best interests of the children. See Ehrlich v. Bloom, 585 A.2d 809, 812 (Me.1991), cert. denied, 502 U.S. 870, 112 S.Ct. 201, 116 L.Ed.2d 161 (1991). In fashioning its visitation order, the court did not preclude Wesley from seeking reconsideration of its visitation decision based on a change in circumstances.