Welsh

I.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL

BACKGROUND

Stacey and John1 were married for 12 years, and they have three children, one of whom apparently became emancipated during the pendency of these proceedings. After the couple separated, they signed a marital settlement agreement, which was entered as a judgment by the San Francisco Superior Court in 2009 (the San Francisco proceedings).

1 We refer to the Welshes by their first names for purposes of clarity because they share the same surname. (Rubenstein v. Rubenstein (2000) 8l Cal.App.4th 1131, 1136, fn. 1.)

1 Among its terms, the agreement required each party to “continue to pay for childcare costs incurred during his or her own custodial time with the children.” In early January 2011, John moved to New York and agreed to pay child support to Stacey. Stacey subsequently asked the court to increase the amount of this support. A written statement of decision was filed in September 2012 (the September 2012 order) in the San Francisco proceedings, and the order was subsequently adopted with additional written findings. In the September 2012 order, the San Francisco trial court found that John’s “relocation to New York warrant[ed] a…