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Per curiam, the court of civil appeals finds that the lower court improperly modified the father's visitation schedule with the children. The lower court exceeded its discretion in awarding the father graduated visitation "based entirely on speculation as to future circumstances." Instead, the schedule should be based on current circumstances. The rest of the judgment is due to be affirmed, however, including the finding of contempt against the mother. Reversed in part.
Court: Alabama Court of Civil Appeals, Judge: Per curiam, Filed On: December 1, 2023, Case #: CL-2022-1025, Categories: civil Procedure, contempt, family Law
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J. Palafox finds a lower court did not err in clarifying and enforcing the division of property in a divorce case. The ex-husband argued the terms of an agreed-upon divorce decree were not “ambiguous” and that the court therefore had no business to further modify and clarify it — but after a dispute arose among the parties about the terms of the agreement, the lower court determined the agreement was not “specific enough to allow enforcement by contempt” and therefore committed no error in further clarifying. Affirmed.
Court: Texas Courts of Appeals, Judge: Palafox, Filed On: July 14, 2023, Case #: 08-22-00218-CV, Categories: civil Procedure, contempt, family Law