James R. v. Kylie R.

OPINION

FABE, Chief Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

Two parents shared joint custody of their child during the pendency of their divorce, but the father's plans to move out of state led both parents to seek primary physical custody upon the father's relocation. The superi- or court granted primary physical custody to the mother, concluding that all of the statutory factors but one were neutral between the parents but that the mother was more likely than the father to facilitate a close and continuing relationship between the other parent and the child.

The father appeals He argues that the superior…