Opinion ID: 1554036
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 7

Heading: Vicki's Discipline Skills

Text: ¶ 24. Vicki next argues that there was no evidence that her knowledge of discipline had changed since the entry of the original divorce decree in 1998. In effect, Vicki argues that her lack of knowledge has not changed since the divorce. Thus, she argues, it was error for the chancellor to consider her lack of knowledge as a material change in circumstances. ¶ 25. While it may be true that Vicki's discipline skills have not changed, Alex's needs have changed. Alex was three years old when the original custody decree was entered; he is now a fourteen-year-old boy. It was not error for the chancellor to consider Vicki's admitted lack of knowledge of how to discipline a fourteen-year-old Alex as part of his material-change-in circumstances and best-interest analysis.