Barsell v. Barsell

MURDOCK, Judge.

Steven Douglas Barsell, the father, and Jenny Whitney Barsell, the mother, were divorced by a judgment of the Madison Circuit Court in July 2001. Pursuant to the divorce judgment, custody of the parties’ son was awarded to the father and custody of the parties’ daughter was awarded to the mother.

At the time of the divorce, both parties lived in Huntsville, only a five-minute drive apart, and the children spent alternating weekends with each parent. In March 2002, without notifying the mother, the father moved himself and the parties’ son to Nebraska. As a result of the father’s…