Seessel v. Seessel

OPINION

O’BRIEN, Justice.

The parties in this case were divorced on 15 August 1980 on the grounds of irreconcilable differences. The divorce decree incorporated by reference an agreement by the terms of which the plaintiff-appellee, who was also granted the divorce, was given custody of the two-year-old child of the parties, Dustin Arthur Seessel.

On 21 January 1987 the custodial parent filed a petition seeking approval of the court to move with the child from Shelby County, Tennessee, to Denver, Colorado. After a hearing of the matter, in which the petitioner was afforded the opportunity to…