Legal Opinion

Melendrez v. Melendrez

Alaska Supreme Court

Decided September 15, 2006No. S-12198PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

CARPENETI, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

In this custody case, a mother challenged a custody modification that would result in the placement of all four of her children with their father. Although initially the mother had been granted custody of the children, she did not oppose the father’s modification request placing the two older children with him. However, she challenged the superior court’s decision to also move the two younger children to live with their father. Because the mother failed to establish clear error or abuse of discretion by the superior court, we affirm the lower court’s…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Nichols v. NicholsAlaska Supreme Court · 1973
  2. Evans v. EvansAlaska Supreme Court · 1994
  3. Rhodes v. RhodesAlaska Supreme Court · 1962
  4. McQuade v. McQuadeAlaska Supreme Court · 1995
  5. Craig v. McBrideAlaska Supreme Court · 1982

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Rego v. RegoAlaska Supreme Court · 2011
  2. Harvey v. CookAlaska Supreme Court · 2007
  3. Thomas v. ThomasAlaska Supreme Court · 2007
  4. Mendel-Gleason v. HarrisAlaska Supreme Court · 2011
  5. Mengisteab v. OatesAlaska Supreme Court · 2018

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