Gallagher v. Gallagher

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE JOHNSON

delivered the opinion of the court:

This action involved a petition by the plaintiff father to modify a judgment for divorce by transferring to him the principal place of residence of the 8-year-old daughter of the parties whose custody had been awarded jointly to them. The defendant mother filed a counterpetition to modify the judgment for divorce, insofar as it prohibited removal of the child from Illinois, to allow her to change the child’s residence to Colorado. The trial court ordered the joint custody terminated and granted permanent custody to the mother…