Douglas S. v. Jennifer E. CA4/3
The parties in this matter are parents to an adolescent son. Sadly, for most of his young life, they have been locked in conflict over paternity, custody, and child support for him. The record in this case is replete with evidence of not only antagonism between the parties, but outright acrimony, marring their relationship and corroding their ability to communicate, even for their own son’s benefit. Indeed, it seems the child has been used by both parents as a means for inflicting pain or grief on each other.
The latest front in the parties’ battle opened up in December 2015, when both sides sought modifications of custody and support orders in the judgment rendered two years prior. The dispute managed to persist over four years; the debate over whose fault that was will likely continue long into the future. Suffice it to say, when the smoke cleared, the parents were ordered to share joint legal custody and the mother was awarded a modification to her monthly child support.
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