Court Opinion

ID: 9739053
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 20:07:54.865225+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:24:09.726243
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ROBERTSON, Judge,
dissenting.
I respectfully dissent from the majority opinion. While I have no disagreement with the legal rationale expressed therein, it is my belief that the evidentiary basis for the decision in the trial court is far too weak to support the conclusion reached.
Indiana Code Section 31-1-11.5-24(a) and (b) specifies the two instances where restrictions on visitation are permitted. They require a showing of endangerment to the child's physical health or impairment of his emotional development. Given the testimony recited in the majority opinion, and every intendment to which it is entitled on appeal, there was only a showing of the wife's suspicions and no probative showing of impairment or endangerment to the child, in my opinion.
Accordingly, I would reverse.