C.T.
C.T. v. K.W. CA1/4
Opinion
Opinion
BACKGROUND
On April 9, 2024, C.T. moved ex parte for an order shortening time (OST) on a request for an order affirming that he could relocate with the parties’ child to Denmark.1 At the time,
1 C.T. expressed his request as one for an order affirming
his right to relocate with the parties’ child. “ ‘The question for the trial court [however, was] not whether the parent may be permitted to move; the question [was] what arrangement for
1 C.T. had maintained temporary sole legal and physical custody of the parties’ child for five years. C.T. stated that he had been unemployed for at least six months, and he had received a job offer in Denmark with a starting date of May 6, 2024. The court granted the OST, issued a briefing schedule, and set a mediation session and short-cause hearing for April 25, 2024. The court heard argument on April 25, 2024, including K.W.’s argument that the court should set a hearing under Family Code section 217, and the court took the matter under submission. On April 29, 2024, K.W. filed a VL-110 seeking to file, “FL-300 Req. for Order: Joint legal custody, rebut 3044, 20% parenting time, Family Code 3025, there is no final custody order, thus an…