Cole v. Cole

In this post-dissolution proceeding, Geoffrey Alexander Cole (the Father) appeals from an order which awarded Nancy S.Cole (the Mother) sole custody of the parties’ daughter, Samantha, for one month, without interference by the Father or the Father’s relatives. We reverse.

The parties’ marriage was dissolved in 2002, and pursuant to a settlement agreement incorporated in the judgment, the parties were granted shared parental responsibility of their minor children, Skye, now age seventeen, and Samantha, now age fourteen. The children primarily resided with the Mother with the Father having…