Patchett v. Patchett

This is a divorce case.

The parties were divorced in October 1983. In a lengthy agreement that was incorporated into their divorce decree, custody of their minor daughter was given to the mother. The agreement also provided for the division of the parties' real and personal property and denominated the mutual rights and responsibilities of the parties. Included among the sections of the agreement concerning custody was a provision whereby the wife agreed to give the husband thirty days' notice of any intent on her part to permanently relocate outside the State of Alabama.

In June 1984, after a…