Marriage of Saint and Garza CA1/3

BACKGROUND

In 2020, Saint filed a petition to determine parental relationship regarding the minor, who was almost three years old at that time. The court awarded joint legal and physical custody of the minor, with visitation for each parent on alternating weeks. The court noted Saint could exercise his parenting time in either California or Michigan. The minor subsequently began traveling every weekend between Michigan and California, spending alternating weeks in each state. Garza filed a request to award her primary physical custody, with visitation for Saint, based on the impact to the minor of traveling every weekend between states. Saint opposed the request but proposed amending the custody schedule to alternating two-week periods for each parent. The court initially modified the custody order to allow for three-week periods, and subsequently modified the custody schedule to four-week periods. In 2022, the parties again sought to modify the custody schedule. Saint filed a request for an order granting him physical custody of the minor to be able to enroll her in kindergarten in Michigan. In response, Garza requested the minor remain in California for school. The court…