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Appeals court hears challenge to parenting-time modification in Cherry v. Regu
Summary
The appeals court heard arguments over a family-court judgment that suspended a mother's parenting time and ordered reunification therapy after findings about the parents' dispute and the child's relationship with the mother; attorneys debated whether the appeal properly raised the parenting-time issue and whether the trial judge erred.
Chief Justice Amy Blake and the single-judge panel heard arguments Tuesday in Masha Cherry v. Dioni Regu (docket 24P361), a consolidated appeal over a family court ruling that removed parenting time from the mother and ordered reunification therapy before contact could resume.
The issue on appeal, appellant counsel Chris Neeshaw told the court, is “the issue of the modification of the judgment regarding parenting time specifically.” Neeshaw said the trial court recognized that the father had been adjudicated in contempt of court for denying parenting time but nonetheless eliminated the mother's parenting time without explaining why she had failed to meet the modification standard.
Nut graf: The appeal centers on whether the lower court properly…
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