Christopher D. v. Krislyn D.

MAASSEN, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

Following a protracted custody dispute, the superior court awarded the mother primary physical custody of a couple's two children and ordered the father to pay child support. Both parents appeal. The father contends that the superior court abused its discretion when it refused to vary his child support obligation pursuant to the "good cause" exception of Alaska Civil Rule 90.3(c)(1), given the parents' disparate incomes and the expenses the father was incurring to comply with conditions on his visitation. The mother contends that the superior court erred in…