Todd Scot v. Erin Dawn Scot

Syllabus

This case involves competing petitions to modify a parenting plan and child support. The trial court denied the father's request to be designated as the primary residential parent, granted the mother sole decision-making authority, and enjoined the father from certain activities. The trial court also refused to decrease the father's child support obligation and awarded the mother $55,000 in attorney's fees. With regard to the trial court's modification of primary residential parent designation and the residential parenting schedule, we conclude that the trial court failed to make sufficient findings of fact and failed to conduct an appropriate best interest analysis. We also conclude that the trial court miscalculated the father's child support obligation by allotting to him an incorrect number of parenting days and by relying on his anticipated income rather than his actual income in the child support worksheet. We affirm in part, vacate in part, and remand for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.