Bagby v. Bagby

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• affirming that custodial parent’s move out of state amounts to substantial change in circumstances “as a matter of law”
• explaining why long-distance separation necessarily affects parents’ relative abilities to meet children’s needs
• “We have held that ‘a custodial parent’s decision to move out-of-state [with the children] amounts to a [substantial] change in circumstances as a matter of law.” (alterations in original) (quoting Barrett v. Alguire, 35 P.3d 1, 6 (Alaska 2001))
• “[A] custodial parent’s decision to move out-of-state with the children amounts to a substantial change in circumstances as a matter of law and the moving party is entitled to a hearing on a motion to modify custody as a matter of law.” (brackets omitted

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9 cases in this archive cite this case.

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  Alaska Supreme Court· 2011-10-21· cited 29×
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  Alaska Supreme Court· 2016-09-02· cited 20×
• Sharpe v. Sharpe
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2016-01-08· cited 17×
• Matthew P. v. Gail S.
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2015-08-28· cited 9×
• Regina C. v. Michael C.
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2019-04-05· cited 9×
• Fredrickson v. Hackett
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2017-10-27· cited 6×
• J. M. v. S. C.
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2024-07-19· cited 3×
• Edith A. v. Jonah A.
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2018-12-07· cited 1×
• Robert Wills v. Aniela Humphries, f/k/a Aniela Whah-Wills
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2025-02-21· cited 1×

Other cases named Bagby v. Bagby

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• Bagby v. Bagby
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1913-01-16· cited 2×