Marriage of Masai CA2/5

I. INTRODUCTION

Brittany J. Masai (Brittany) appeals from a modification order that granted Brittany’s former spouse, Cynthia Vasquez Masai (Cynthia), sole physical custody of their son E.M. (the child). We affirm.

II. BACKGROUND

A. Prior Custody Order

Brittany and Cynthia were married in 2015 and the child was born in February 2017. On January 1, 2018, Brittany and the child moved to Texas. On March 23, 2018, the trial court entered a judgment of dissolution. The judgment (to which the parties had stipulated), included a custody order granting the parents joint legal custody of the child, with equal decision-making authority over “educational training, extracurricular activities, medical needs, and religious training.” The custody order awarded Brittany primary physical custody and Cynthia three to four consecutive days per month of parenting time. Finally, the order provided “[that] a party without physical possession of [the child] shall be given reasonable, but not unlimited, telephonic contact with [the child] when in the physical care of the other parent.” In June 2020, Brittany moved with the child to Hawaii. She did not give Cynthia prior notification of the…