Court Opinion

ID: 9565818
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-21 19:28:32.830358+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:19:54.371011
License: Public Domain

MACY, Justice,
dissenting.
I dissent. The court erred as a matter of law. Our case law is clear that the custody provisions contained in a decree of divorce cannot be modified unless a substantial change of circumstances is found to exist. None was found. The divorce decree unquestionably described what the liberal visitation rights of the father would be in the event the parties resided in different cities. Both parties did not request a clarification or a change in the custody provisions of the decree; hence, the court did not have the authority to change these provisions in the absence of a change of circumstances. The only change was the court’s perception of what should have been done in the first instance.