Barrett v. Wright

PITTMAN, Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment modifying custody of a child. Heather Rae Wright Barrett (“the mother”) and Steve Glen Wright (“the father”) were divorced in 2000, when their daughter was six years old. Under the terms of the divorce judgment, the mother was awarded primary physical custody of the child, with the father being allowed liberal visitation rights; the father was directed to pay child support to the mother.

On March 25, 2003, the father petitioned for a modification of custody and for an ex parte emergency order for immediate temporary custody, averring that the…