MARTIN v. MARTIN

No. 90-11.

798 P.2d 321 (1990)

Sue Ellen MARTIN, a/k/a Sue Ellen Wallis-Martin, Appellant (Defendant), v. Curtis William MARTIN, Appellee (Plaintiff).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

September 27, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. Burman, Faculty Supervisor, and Gayla R. Lindquist (argued), Student Intern, Wyoming Legal Services, Laramie, for appellant.

Ronald D. Copenhaver (argued), Laramie, for appellee.

Before CARDINE, C.J., and THOMAS, URBIGKIT, MACY and GOLDEN, JJ.


CARDINE, Chief Justice.

The question here presented is whether a district court abused its discretion by entering a divorce decree that provides future automatic modification of child custody from a six-month/six-month joint custody to a nine-month/three-month custody if one parent moves from Laramie, Wyoming. We hold that this provision for automatic future modification is an abuse of discretion and vacate those provisions of the divorce decree.

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