Barger v. Pate

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding it an unlawful restriction where Father was not entitled to parenting time with one child if his other child was present
• addressing the same where, at mother’s discretion, father was not allowed parenting time with one child when another child was present
• finding an abuse of discretion where attorney’s fees were awarded to one parent without distinguishing between litigation events or presenting evidence of reasonableness of the claimed fees
• applying abuse of discretion standard to attorney fee award in a custody modification proceeding
• “The party seeking the modification bears the burden of demonstrating that the existing custody order is unreasonable because, as a general proposition, stability and permanence are considered best for the child.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).