The applicant father brought a motion to change a final divorce order, initially seeking sole custody and primary residence of the parties' two children.
By the time of trial, the parties agreed the father would have sole custody of the 15-year-old alienated son, and the mother would have sole custody of the 11-year-old son.
The trial focused on the residential schedule for the 11-year-old.
The mother sought primary residence, while the father sought to maintain the existing equal timesharing arrangement.
The court found that both parents contributed to the high-conflict dynamic and the older son's alienation.
The court ordered that the 11-year-old continue to share his time equally between his parents on a week-on, week-off basis, finding that a change in residence would not fix the family's complex challenges and could push the child further away.
Claims for retroactive child support were dismissed due to insufficient evidence.
