In Re the Marriage of Hall

I. Introduction

In this original proceeding, the petitioner is the wife, and also the mother of a two-year-old son, in a dissolution proceeding pending in the trial court. The trial court denied her request for an allocation of parental responsibilities ("APR") evaluation by a licensed mental health professional under section 14-10-127, C.R.S. (2010). The court reasoned that it could decide the issue of petitioner's out of state relocation with her son without an APR evaluation based upon the appropriate statutory factors and case law. She argued to us that the trial court abused its…