Cassady

Appellant Donna Signorelli (mother) contends the trial court abused its discretion in making rulings regarding the custody and visitation rights of mother and respondent James Cassady (father), who are the parents of a young daughter, Grace, over whom they exercise joint legal custody. The trial court, inter alia, ordered mother not to remove Grace from the Bay Area to Florida, since this would not be in Grace’s best interests and would frustrate father’s rights of joint custody and visitation. The trial court also ruled father should have regular overnight visitation with Grace on Wednesday evenings; Grace should attend school rather than receive home schooling from mother; and father should have the final authority to make medical decisions regarding Grace, in the event mother and father could not agree on the need for medical care.

We find no abuse of discretion and affirm the trial court’s rulings in their entirety.

I. Facts and Procedural History

Mother and father had a personal relationship which ended before Grace was bom. Since the parties were not married, they tried to agree on appropriate levels of support, visitation, and care for Grace; but there was a…