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Judge orders temporary enrollment in Indiana while relocation dispute proceeds
Summary
After reviewing the guardian ad litem’s report and testimony about housing and logistics, the court ordered two children temporarily enrolled in Indiana where their mother now resides while reserving final decision on parental relocation for a later contested hearing. The parenting plan itself was not altered at today’s hearing.
The court addressed a contested parental-relocation and enrollment dispute in Squires v. Brown and decided — for the moment — to allow the children to be enrolled in Indiana with their mother pending a final relocation hearing. The decision focused narrowly on school enrollment, not permanent custody or the parenting plan.
The guardian ad litem reported concerns about the father’s home environment (including yard condition and minor maintenance issues) after visiting the property. The guardian advised the court that, on balance, temporary enrollment in Indiana where the mother now lives appeared justified pending a full evidentiary hearing on relocation. The father, Mister Brown, said he can and would transport and support school attendance but acknowledged practical constraints: when the children previously attended Clarksville schools he needed more than an hour each way to pick them up and said he often collected them early to avoid traffic.
The judge emphasized the limited scope of this hearing — it addresses only the immediate question of where the children should be enrolled for school in the upcoming term. The court ordered temporary enrollment in Indiana and asked the guardian to draft the order; the ruling noted the temporary enrollment decision "will not be a factor" at the final relocation hearing. The judge also instructed counsel and the guardian to work on a temporary parenting-time proposal to accommodate the travel and schooling arrangements.
Provenance: custody and enrollment hearing (topicintro: SEG 472; topfinish: SEG 5660).
Speakers quoted or referenced (whitelist): Chair (judicial ruling), Guardian ad Litem, Mister Brown (father), Miss Squires (mother).
