Jack C. v. Tally C.
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A couple divorced in 2008, and the mother was granted sole legal custody and primary physical custody of their three children. At the time of the divorce, the superior court stated that if the father met certain conditions he could return to the court to seek modification of the child custody order. In 2009, he filed a motion to modify custody, seeking joint legal custody and increased visitation. The superior court, largely adopting a master's report and recommendations, left sole legal custody and primary physical custody with the mother, but expanded the father's visitation. The father appealed the superior court's 2010 custody modification order. Because the superior court neither committed clear error nor abused its discretion, the Supreme Court affirmed the majority of the superior court's order. But because the superior court's order failed to explain why it did not order any changes to the father's visitation during the children's summer vacation, the case was remanded for further explanation regarding summer visitation.
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