Legal Opinion

In re the Marriage of Horner

Court of Appeals of Washington

Decided November 26, 2002No. 27343-8-IIPublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtMorgan, J.

Lynn Horner appeals an order prohibiting her from relocating one of the parties’ minor children. We affirm.

In In re Marriage of Littlefield,1 the Washington Supreme Court held that even though a trial court has authority to find that the “primary residential parent’s relocation would harm the child,” it may bar relocation only if the consequent harm would exceed “the normal distress suffered by a child because of travel, infrequent contact of a parent, or other *497hardships which predictably result from a dissolution of marriage.”2 In In re Marriage of Pape3 the Washington Supreme Court held…

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2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. In re the Marriage of LittlefieldWashington Supreme Court · 1997
  2. In Re Marriage of LittlefieldWashington Supreme Court · 1997
  3. In re the Marriage of ChristelCourt of Appeals of Washington · 2000
  4. In re the Marriage of PapeWashington Supreme Court · 1999

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. In re the Marriage of HornerWashington Supreme Court · 2004
  2. In Re Marriage of HornerWashington Supreme Court · 2004
  3. Ramirez v. HollandCourt of Appeals of Washington · 2004

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