Burns v. Burns

In this child custody dispute, the mother, Carmen Hawkins (formerly Burns), appeals a judgment that modifies the parties' joint custody arrangement to name the father, Robert Arthur Burns II, as the domiciliary parent, and changes an equal-sharing physical custody schedule to one where the mother has physical custody only on alternating weekends and one night every other week. We reverse and remand.

FACTS

Carmen Hawkins and Robert Burns divorced in May 2014. They are the parents of two children, born September 28, 2004, and October 26, 2005. In connection with their divorce, Hawkins and Burns…