Legal Opinion

Mar-Rae X. Terino v. Thomas F. Bleeks

Supreme Court of Vermont

Decided August 10, 2018No. 2017-355PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtRobinson, J.

¶ 1. This case calls upon us to consider whether and under what circumstances the family division, in an order relating to parent-child contact, may account for likely future changes in the best interests of a very young child as the child ages-where the child's aging would not itself constitute an unanticipated change of circumstance opening the door to the possibility of modification under 15 V.S.A. § 668. Father Thomas F. Bleeks appeals the family court's denial of his request to include a mechanism in the divorce decree for revisiting parent-child contact for his two-year-old child as the…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. DeBeaumont v. GoodrichSupreme Court of Vermont · 1994
  2. Gazo v. GazoSupreme Court of Vermont · 1997
  3. Heffernan v. HarbesonSupreme Court of Vermont · 2004
  4. Sundstrom v. SundstromSupreme Court of Vermont · 2004
  5. Knutsen v. CEGALISSupreme Court of Vermont · 2009

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3Cited by3 opinions

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