Sanborn v. Sanborn

This case involves an appeal from a superior court order denying the plaintiff’s motion to “clarify” a divorce decree awarding joint legal custody of the parties’ children and granting the defendant certain contested visitation rights. The questions presented by this appeal are: (1) whether the standard for modifying physical custody of children is applicable to a modification of legal custody; and (2) whether the visitation provisions of the decree established a preference for the defendant’s religion over that of the plaintiff in violation of the establishment clause of the United States…