Gazo v. Gazo

This action for child custody and support requires us to grapple again with the difficult issue of a proposed relocation in the midst of a divorce. We hold that the family court exceeded its authority in defining a relocation as a change of circumstances for the purpose of retaining jurisdiction under 15 V.S.A. § 668, and that other provisions of its order dealing with parental decision-making and visitation are overbroad or unnecessary or both. We affirm the trial court’s property settlement and child support order.

Plaintiff Sally Gazo and defendant John Gazo were married in 1983. During…