Ferguson v. Baisley

I would reverse the trial court’s order denying the mother’s petition to permit her to move with her children to New Mexico in order to live with her husband who relocated there for employment reasons. I would also certify the legal issue involved as one of great public importance for resolution by the state supreme court. We need uniformity and clearer guidelines than presently exist in the district court opinions on this issue.

While there were some factual disputes in the trial court, and some reason to criticize the conduct of both sides in this dispute, by and large the record reflects a *320“…