Katie E. Churchill Bonk v. Landon Bonk

¶ 1. This case considers whether a trial court can modify parental rights and responsibilities when one parent is relocating if that issue is not expressly raised by motion and the sole motion before the court is the relocating parent's motion to modify parent-child contact. Katie Churchill (mother) appeals a trial court decision that transferred the right to choose the children's residence and school from her to Landon Bonk (father) and that reconfigured the parties' existing contact schedule, reducing her time with her children from approximately 65% to 20%. We hold that mother's motion to…