Winebright v. Winebright

The petitioner, Kristi Jolene Winebright, filed a petition for leave to remove her two children from Illinois. The court denied her petition. The petitioner appeals.

On December 20, 1985, the petitioner and the respondent, Douglas Fred Winebright, were granted a dissolution of marriage. The court awarded the parties joint custody of their two children, then ages 8 and 11, with the petitioner receiving physical custody.

The petitioner, who had a bachelor’s and a master’s degree, worked at Monmouth College as Director of Annual Giving. When she filed her petition to remove in August of 1986, she…