Marriage of Sumner v. Sumner

OPINION

NIERENGARTEN, Judge.

Appellant John Sumner appeals from an order refusing to modify findings which divided the physical custody of the parties’ eight-year-old son. We reverse and remand for findings.

FACTS

John and Nancy Sumner were divorced in May 1981, with the dissolution decree providing for joint legal and physical custody of the parties’ son.

Both parties have remarried and Nancy has moved to Pittsburgh. She sought sole custody and the permission of the trial court to remove her son from Minnesota. After a lengthy hearing, the trial court modified the physical custody arrangement by…