Yelena R. v. George R.

OPINION

STOWERS, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

Yelena R. and George R. 1 were involved in an on-again, off-again relationship for more than a decade and have two children together. Yelena accused George of sexually assaulting her in May 2011 while they were living together in Kodiak. After the Kodiak magistrate found Yelena's testimony unpersuasive and denied her request for a long-term domestic violence protective order, Yelena took the children to Massachusetts without notifying George. A Massachusetts court ordered the children to be returned to Kodiak and this custody case ensued. After a custody…