Goshgarian v. Hovsepian

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• holding that a comprehensive Section 5328(a) analysis is not always necessary when a party merely seeks modification of “a discrete custody- related issue.”
• holding that the trial court need not address the section 5328(a) factors where it is not affecting the type of custody and, therefore, not modifying the custody award
• holding that the trial court was not required to address the section 5328(a) custody factors where it decided a “discrete and narrow issue ancillary to a materially unchallenged custody arrangement”
• holding that the trial court was not required to address the Section 5328(a) factors because the court was deciding a “discrete and narrow issue ancillary to a materially unchallenged custody arrangement.”
• concluding that modification which did not change underlying award of custody—court was not deciding legal or physical custody, or changing amount of custodial time party had—did not implicate directly section 5328(a)
• holding trial court need not address Section 5328(a) custody factors is modifying custody order, so long as modification does not affect the type of custody award

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).