Bates v. Tesar

How courts have described this case

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• recognizing that when a parent relocates a “significant distance” away, a finding of changed circumstances may be appropriate
• finding that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in establishing a geographic residency restriction
• noting that principle of res judicata is recognized in the family code’s requirement that a party attempting to modify existing custody order must show circumstances have materially and substantially changed since the time of the prior order
• including Holley factors in list of factors to ascertain best interest of child in parental relocation context
• listing additional factors courts of other jurisdictions have considered in the specific context of relocation litigation
• including Holley factors in list of factors to ascertain best interest of child in parental relocation context

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).