Mark T. v. Jamie Z.

I.

INTRODUCTION

Jamie Z. appeals from a final order of the trial court establishing a legal and physical custody sharing arrangement pertaining to L., the minor child of Jamie and Mark T. At some point after L. was bom, Mark filed a petition to establish his paternity, and the parties agreed to a temporary joint custody arrangement pursuant to which Jamie had primary physical custody of L. The court entered an order establishing Mark’s paternity, and entered a temporary custody order based on the time-sharing agreement that the parties had reached. Before the court entered a permanent custody order, Jamie filed an order to show cause (OSC) requesting that the court permit her to relocate L.’s residence to Minnesota, where Jamie and L. would have the financial and emotional support of Jamie’s family.

In fashioning its permanent custody order, the trial court adopted the recommendations of an evaluating psychologist who the parties had agreed would conduct psychological evaluations of both parties. The court denied Jamie’s request to relocate L.’s residence to Minnesota and retained the physical custody arrangement to which the parties had previously agreed, under…