Cooper v. Roe

Opinion

WOODS (A. M.), P. J.

Clinton Roe appeals a custody order permitting his former wife, Laurie Keiko Cooper (Keiko), to remove their son, M., from the state.

We review the evidence in the light most favorable to the order. (In re Marriage of Carlson (1991) 229 Cal.App.3d 1330, 1337 [280 Cal.Rptr. 840].)

The parties separated in January 1988, when M. was four years old. Keiko took M. and moved into a house owned by her mother. For approximately a month there was no contact between M. and his father. At the custody trial, Keiko testified that at the time of the separation, she feared for her…