Watt v. Watt

THOMAS, Justice.

The question in this case is whether the discretion of the trial court to order a change in custody upon a material change of circumstances is circumscribed by a constitutional right of relocation. The mother, Brenda Kay Watt (Mrs. Watt), was granted primary care, custody, and control of the parties’ three minor sons upon her divorce from the father, James Robert Watt (Mr. Watt). The divorce decree provided for an automatic change of custody from the mother to the father if the mother moved more than fifty miles from Upton. When Mrs. Watt was admitted to the graduate pharmacy…