Tucker v. Tucker

¶1 The following issues are presented on appeal:

¶2 Did the District Court abuse its discretion when it determined that the Allen surname was in the best interest of the children ?

¶3 Did Judge Knisely’s consolidation of the complaint deprive Justin of his right to substitute judges under statute and substantive due process?

BACKGROUND

¶4 Kelisa Ann Allen (hereafter Kelisa), and Justin Keith Tucker (hereafter Justin) have two children, J.T. and B.T., and were divorced in Maricopa County, Arizona in 2004. Kelisa relocated to Billings, Montana, with the children and sought an order of protection…