IN RE MARRIAGE OF HORNER

No. 73540-9.

93 P.3d 124 (2004)

151 Wash.2d 884

In the Matter of the MARRIAGE OF Lynn I. HORNER, Petitioner, and Joseph R. Horner, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided June 24, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Catherine Wright Smith, Edwards Sieh Smith & Goodfriend PS, Seattle, Tonya Kowalski, Battle Ground, for petitioner.

Suzan L. Clark, Vancouver, for respondent.

Jill Diane Bowman, Seattle, for Amicus Curiae (Northwest Women's Law Center and Wash. State Coalition Against Domestic Violence).


FAIRHURST, J.

In this child relocation case, the trial court denied relocation and the Court of Appeals affirmed, applying the abuse of discretion standard of review. We review this moot case because it presents issues of continuing and substantial public interest. We reverse the Court of Appeals because the trial court abused its discretion by denying relocation when neither its specific findings of fact nor its oral opinion indicate consideration and balancing of...

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