Lapee v. Snyder

THOMAS H. NEWTON, Judge.

Factual Background

In 1998, the trial court dissolved the marriage of Mr. Shaune Lapee (Father) and Ms. Sarah Rose Lapee Snyder Hanson (Mother) and awarded sole legal and physical custody of their child, Dakota to Mother 1 and denied Father visitation rights. Father had been convicted of assaulting Mother and did not appear at the hearing.

In 2002, Father filed a motion to modify the decree requesting sole custody subject to Mother’s restricted and supervised visits. Mother requested sole custody subject to supervised visits for Father. Subsequently, the parties agreed…