Newton v. Newton

THIGPEN, Judge.

This is a post-divorce case.

The parties were divorced in Virginia in June 1993, and apparently, at the time of the divorce, the minor child and the mother lived in Virginia, and the father lived in Alabama. An agreement of the parties was “ratified and incorporated, but not merged” into the Virginia divorce judgment. That agreement provided for the father and the mother to have joint custody of the child and specified that the father would have physical custody of the child during the summer months and that the child would live with the mother during the school year. It also…