Marriage of Kleytman and Pechonkina CA1/2

BACKGROUND

Following Kleytman’s and Pechonkina’s 2005 divorce, a marital settlement agreement established joint physical and legal custody of the child. As the Superior Court docket indicates, Kleytman and Pechonkina have serious differences concerning how this joint custody should be managed. The current visitation orders, made in 2008, are that (1) Pechonkina’s home is the child’s primary residence during the school year; (2) during the school year, Kleytman has care of the child on the first and third weekends of the month; (3) except for August, if a month of the school year has five weekends, Kleytman has care of the child on the fifth weekend; (4) pick ups and drop offs are to be at the child’s school, if possible; (5) during the summer, Kleytman and Pechonkina are to alternate weeks, with Kleytman receiving two extra weeks—the seventh and ninth; and (6) several holidays are designated to either Kleytman or Pechonkina. On April 1, 2011, Kleytman filed a motion for modification of the visitation order so that Pechonkina would be responsible for transporting the child to and from his residence for weekend visitation, to reduce the amount of driving required of him. At a…