A father brought a motion seeking to vary a 2002 interim custody order and formalize a long‑standing parenting arrangement under which the children primarily resided with him during school weeks and with the mother on weekends.
The mother brought a cross‑motion seeking to set aside a recent temporary order granting the father custody and instead sought interim custody and a week‑about parenting schedule.
The court found that, despite the earlier order granting the mother custody, the parties had for many years followed a different residential routine and that continuation of the original order was no longer in the children’s best interests.
Emphasizing stability during the school year and the children’s educational and developmental needs, the court concluded that the established routine—school weeks with the father and weekends with the mother—should continue on an interim basis.
