Kroenke v. Kroenke

In modifying a previously entered dissolution of marriage decree, the trial court dissolved a provision for joint custody of the parties’ children, granted the children’s permanent custody to the petitioner mother with liberal visitation rights in the respondent father, and increased the father’s obligation to pay child support. The respondent appeals.

The ultimate test in determining the appropriateness of an award involving custody of minor children is reasonableness, as determined by the facts of each case, and the trial court’s determination normally will be affirmed in the absence of an…