Marriage of Kim CA4/1

I. INTRODUCTION

The trial court modified a custody judgment to allow Kimberly unsupervised visitation with her son. After two months, the trial court found the new arrangement was not in the child’s best interest and reimposed

supervised visitation.2 Kimberly appeals from that order, claiming it is not supported by the evidence and the trial court applied the wrong legal standard. We disagree and affirm.

II. BACKGROUND

Kimberly and Joshua were married from 2007 to 2015. They have one child, R.K. (now 17.5 years old) In August 2020, Kimberly left 13-year-old R.K. alone in a hotel and drove to Oregon. She left behind what appeared to be a suicide note and contacted R.K. the next day. While in Oregon, Kimberly admitted herself to a psychiatric hospital for three days. Based on this incident, the trial court granted Joshua sole custody of R.K. in an emergency order. Shortly afterwards, Kimberly and Joshua stipulated Kimberly would have professionally supervised visits with R.K. Family Court Services (FCS) recommended that this arrangement stay in place after mediating with the parties in 2022. After a two-day evidentiary hearing in March 2022, the trial court agreed with FCS’s…