Meyer v. Meyer

OPINION

FOLEY, Judge.

This is an appeal from an order denying appellant mother, the custodial parent, permission to move her sons to Seattle, Washington so she could accept a better job. The trial court denied permission because it found that the move was not reasonably necessary to the mother’s employment and would deprive the father respondent of visitation. We reverse.

ISSUE

Did the trial court err by requiring the custodial parent to prove that the proposed move is in the best interests of the children?

FACTS

Gregory and Sherry Meyer were divorced in March 1983. The dissolution decree granted…