Kentucky Supreme Court· 10/24/2008

Pennington v. Marcum

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266 S.W.3d 759
2008 WL 4691184

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recognizing that visitation is not the most accurate legal term for a joint custodian’s time with his/her children, although the terms visitation and timesharing are often used interchangeably
holding that a decision to relocate with a child necessitated a modification of custody
recognizing the overlapping use, but stating “visitation” is not the most accurate legal term for a joint custodian’s time with his/her children
noting that a parent having joint legal custody of a child who does not primarily reside with that parent is often incorrectly referred to as having visitation, rather than timesharing with the child
indicating family court resolving timesharing matters between joint custodians should consider both distance between the parties and their financial means
discussing how requests for changing the child’s primary residence without requesting a change in parental decision-making power–i.e., not requesting a change from joint custody to sole custody–are essentially requests for modifying timesharing rather than custody

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Judges: Noble, Abramson, Schroder, Scott, Cunningham, Venters, Minton

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