Mengisteab v. Oates

STOWERS, Chief Justice.

*83 I. INTRODUCTION

Nuria Mengisteab filed a motion to modify custody to relocate with the parties' young son to another state, and then moved two days later. After several months the superior court ordered that the child return to Alaska and conditionally awarded primary custody to the father if Mengisteab chose to remain out-of-state. Appealing pro se, Mengisteab argues that the superior court erred in several respects. We conclude that none of her arguments have merit, except for her contention that the court failed to consider the effect separation from his mother would…