Heather W. v. Rudy R.

How courts have described this case

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• holding that changed circumstances are material only when they affect child’s welfare
• holding the superior court abused its discretion by failing to consider evidence relating to domestic violence in accordance with AS 25.24.150(g)
• affirming finding of substantial change in circumstances based on “the circumstances in the aggregate,” including one parent’s “pattern of conduct”
• “[I]t does not appear that evidence of Rudy’s domestic violence has ever been heard in a custody proceeding, and thus the superior court erred in refusing (continued...
• “The required change in circumstance . . . must be demonstrated relative to the facts and circumstances that existed at the time of the prior custody order that the party seeks to modify.” (quoting Jenkins v. Handel, 10 P.3d 586, 589 (Alaska 2000))

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).