John Lucas & Co. v. Evans

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• holding that the definitions of proper cause and change of circumstances as articulated in Vodvarka apply to custody determinations but not to parenting-time determinations
• concluding that “[c]ustody decisions require findings under all of the best-interest factors, but parenting time decisions may be made with findings on only the contested issues”
• stating that a change in parenting time did not affect the established custodial environment because it left the parties with the same number of parenting time days
• explaining that a parenting-time decision only requires findings of fact on contested issues, as opposed to a custody determination, which requires findings on all of the best interest factors
• discussing the need for flexibility in parenting-time schedules because the child’s needs will change with age and with the level of the child’s involvement in activities
• discussing the need for flexibility in parenting time schedules because the child’s needs will change with age and with the level of the child’s involvement in activities

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).