E.M.C. v. K.C.Y.

This is a custody-modification case involving domestic violence and family violence committed by the custodial parent. The trial court divorced the parties on October 10, 1991. Pursuant to an agreement of the parties incorporated into the final judgment of divorce, the court awarded the parties joint custody of their minor son, with the father having primary physical custody and the mother having liberal visitation.

Subsequently, the mother moved to modify the divorce judgment. After a hearing, the court, on April 20, 1995, ordered the mother to pay child support and continued the…