Supreme Court of Colorado· 6/6/2005

Spahmer v. Gullette

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113 P.3d 158
2005 WL 1322972

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concluding that although “the trial court applied the correct statute to the facts of the case,” its decision was nonetheless “manifestly unfair” so as to constitute an abuse of discretion
noting that the creation and maintenance of a stable family situation for the child are two primary goals of the allocation of parental responsibilities
noting that a “goal of a modification proceeding is to maintain . . . stability, if possible, in the best interests of the child”
reversing a parenting time order that required a mother to remain in Colorado even though she had told both the father and the trial court of her intentions to relocate to Arizona
“We construe a statute so as to give effect to every word, and we do not adopt a construction that renders any term superfluous.”
“We construe a statute so as to give effect to every word, and we do not adopt a construction that renders any term superfluous.”

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Judges: Rice

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