Meadows v. Meadows’s Empirical Analysis

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5 state decisions

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1. “"(1) The nature, quality, extent of involvement, and duration of the child's relationship with the person proposing to relocate with the child and with the non-relocating person, siblings, and other significant persons or institutions in the child's life. "(2) The age, developmental stage, needs of the child, and the likely impact the change of principal residence of a child will have on the child's physical, educational, and emotional development, taking into consideration any special needs of the child. "(3) The increase in travel time for the child created by the change in principal residence of the child or a person entitled to custody of or visitation with the child. "(4) The availability and cost of alternate means of communication between the child and the non-relocating party. "(5) The feasibility of preserving the relationship between the non-relocating person and the child through suitable visitation arrangements, considering the logistics and financial circumstances of the parties. "(6) The preference of the child, taking into consideration the age and maturity of the child. "(7) The degree to which a change or proposed change of the principal residence of the child will result in uprooting the child as compared to the degree to which a modification of the custody of the child will result in uprooting the child. "(8) The extent to which custody and visitation rights have been allowed and exercised. "(9) Whether there is an established pattern of conduct of the pers”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 257 So. 3d 300 - Hubbard v. Hubbard

2. ““Because the trial court’s factual findings in support of the judgment are presumed to be correct based upon the trial court’s unique ability to both see and hear the witnesses before it and to judge their credibility, we may not reverse the trial court’s judgment in this matter unless the evidence does not support the findings that support that judgment. Ex parte J.E., 1 So.3d 1002, 1008 (Ala.2008).””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Fielding v. Fielding