Utah Supreme Court· 12/10/1984

Becker v. Becker

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694 P.2d 608
1984 Utah LEXIS 973

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stating that the rationale behind the change-in-circumstances requirement “is that custody placements, once made, should be as stable as possible unless the factual basis for them has completely changed”
applying Hogge and emphasizing that changes must be material, ie., \the kind of cireumstances on which an earlier custody decision was based\
discerning no abuse of discretion in altering \visitation arrangements\ even though there was \no substantial change in civeumstances material to the modification of custody\
on modification hearing, it was noted that trial court considered joint custody but did not order it in initial decree
modification of visitation rights requires a procedure similar to that required for modification of custody
“[C]ustody placements, once made, should be as stable as possible unless the factual basis for them has completely changed.”

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Judges: Durham, Hall, Stewart, Howe, Zimmerman

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