In re the Marriage of Wells

PIERCE, Judge.

Richard Francis Wells (father) appeals from an order denying his motion to modify a joint custody order or, in the alternative, to have the children returned to Colorado. We affirm.

In 1982, the marriage of the parties was dissolved and the parties were awarded joint custody of their two minor children. Hazel Wells (mother) was designated as the primary residential custodian. In 1988, father filed a motion to modify physical custody after mother remarried and moved with the children to another state. The trial court determined that father failed to establish that the children…