Legal Opinion · Dissent

Sharpe v. Sharpe

Alaska Supreme Court

Decided January 8, 2016No. 7074 S-15262Published

1DissentWinfree, Justice

I respectfully disagree with today's decision affirming the superior court's denial of Jolene Lyon's motion to modify her child support 'obligatioti. ' In my view: (1) it was clearly erroneous to find Jolene's move to Stebbins unreasonable; (2) it was legal error to conflate the reasonableness of Jolene's relocation to Stebbins with the reasonableness of her unemployment in Stebbins; (@) there was an insufficient factual basis to support a finding that Jolene was unreasonably unemployed in Stebbins; (4) it was an abuse of discretion not to consider all the required factors when determining…

2Cases cited26 opinions

  1. Swanner v. Anchorage Equal Rights CommissionAlaska Supreme Court · 1994
  2. Nass v. SeatonAlaska Supreme Court · 1995
  3. Moeller-Prokosch v. ProkoschAlaska Supreme Court · 2001
  4. Frank v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1979
  5. Adrian v. AdrianAlaska Supreme Court · 1992

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