Opinion ID: 2581842
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 5

Heading: Mirroring the Prior Decree

Text: We agree with Faith that the current order in practical effect is nearly the same as the initial decree that we vacatedbut worse from Faith's perspective. The initial order awarded Faith primary physical custody and provided that Faith could not relocate Jeremiah more than sixty-five miles away from where Chuck was living. Currently, Faith still has primary physical custody so long as she lives within a reasonable traveling distance of Jeremiah's school. Judge Cutler made clear that she expected that Jeremiah's school would be in Palmer, where Faith lived, for the remainder of the 2001-2002 school year. So, at least for the present, no real status change has been effected. But under our remand instructions a result similar to that of the initial decree is among the reasonably possible outcomes. Therefore, the mere fact that the current order effectively mirrors the initial decree does not necessarily mean that Judge Cutler did not follow our prior opinion.