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Try CasePortal for FreeJ. Emfinger finds the lower court properly awarded physical custody of the parties' minor children to the father. The parties were granted a divorce in 2018, giving the mother physical custody of the children, with the father having 14 days of visitation per month. While the parties successfully co-parented the children, the mother planned to move out of state and filed for modification of the custody order, as the existing order would no longer be feasible due to distance. The lower court found the move constituted an adverse material change of circumstances as it affected the amount of parenting time each parent would have with the children, and the amount of time they would spend with their extended family. The lower court awarded physical custody of the children to the father in an effort to maintain stability and continuity in the children’s lives. Affirmed.