Rutanhira v. Rutanhira

¶ 1. Father appeals a family division order awarding mother primary legal rights and responsibilities for the parties’ daughter based on the court’s conclusion that father exercised poor judgment in desiring to take his daughter to his birth country, Zimbabwe. On appeal, father contends that the trial court abused its discretion by considering evidence outside of the proceeding. He additionally challenges the court’s finding that he planned to leave daughter in Zimbabwe while he traveled to South Africa and claims the court erred when it considered testimony regarding his desire to travel to…