Robinson v. Cain (Lawyers Weekly No. 15-16-0988, 12 pp.) (Rick Elmore, J.) Appealed from Henderson County District Court (Emily Cowan, J.) N.C. App. Unpub. Holding: Although the plaintiff-father’s motion to modify custody brought up circumstances that had not changed since ...

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Cornett v. Cornett (Lawyers Weekly No. 15-16-0518, 10 pp.) (Donna Stroud, J.) Appealed from Cabarrus County District Court (D. Brent Cloninger, J.) N.C. App. Unpub. Holding: Even though the defendant-father moved only 13 miles away, since the move increased the ...

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Kirkwood v. Kirkwood (Lawyers Weekly No. 15-16-0368, 18 pp.) (Martha Geer, J.) Appealed from Craven County District Court (Paul Quinn, J.) N.C. App. Unpub. Holding: The trial court’s findings about the defendant-father’s relationship with the parties’ children, their newfound stability ...

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Curry v. Taylor (Lawyers Weekly No. 15-16-0174, 11 pp.) (Lucy Inman, J.) Appealed from Nash County District Court (John Covolo, J.) N.C. App. Unpub. Holding: Although the trial court found that the defendant-mother had remedied her domestic violence problems, that ...

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Nordstrom v. Shaw Where one parent in a shared custody arrangement moves to another county, increasing her expenses and dramatically increasing the children’s commute to school, it is a substantial change in circumstances warranting a custody modification.

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Dickason v. Hayes Even if acrimony and conflict between the parties were not new when the plaintiff-father moved for a custody modification, the defendant-mother did not challenge the trial court’s finding that she failed to work with the father to adjust his visitation to accommodate their child’s school schedule.

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Wolgin v. Wolgin The trial court clearly considered not only the parties’ disagreements regarding custody but also the effect on the parties’ children of the defendant-mother’s unilateral transfer of the children from their Durham County schools to schools in Wake County and her decision to put the children into extracurricular activities farther away from the plaintiff-father. We affirm the custody modification and denial of the mother’s motion for a new trial.

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Wolgin v. Wolgin The trial court clearly considered not only the parties’ disagreements regarding custody but also the effect on the parties’ children of the defendant-mother’s unilateral transfer of the children from their Durham County schools to schools in Wake County and her decision to put the children into extracurricular activities farther away from the plaintiff-father. We affirm the custody modification and denial of the mother’s motion for a new trial.

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Williams v. Chaney Where the plaintiff-mother was not disabled but, instead of getting a job, she chose to spend an inordinate amount of time making frivolous filings in this custody case, the trial court could find that the mother had the ability to pay the attorney’s fees that the court had ordered her to pay as a sanction.

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Stephens v. Stephens The defendant-mother’s angry outbursts and hostility towards the plaintiff-father and his current wife, in addition to the mother’s move from Harnett County to Durham were substantial changes in circumstances. The trial court was not required to wait until the changes harmed the children to find that the changes affected the children. We affirm the custody modification.

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