- 3 - that Mr. Litton “shall have the exclusive right to determine the residence and domicile of the children.” The divorce decree also provided that Mr. Litton “shall have possession of the children at all times not specifically awarded in this decree to NORMA KAY CASEY LITTON [petitioner], or otherwise mutually agreed by the parties.” In a Standard Possession Order, which was incorporated in the divorce decree, the district court set forth detailed guidelines regarding “possession” of the children. In particular, the Standard Possession Order provided that petitioner “shall have possession of the child at any and all times mutually agreed to in advance by the parties, and, failing mutual agreement,” shall have the right to possession of the children, in pertinent part, as follows:2 Weekends. On weekends, beginning at 6:00 P.M. on the first, third, and fifth Friday of each month and ending at 6:00 P.M. on the following Sunday. Weekend Possession Extended by a School Holiday. Except as otherwise explicitly provided in this Standard Possession Order, if a weekend period of 2 The Standard Possession Order also provided very specific guidelines regulating custody on a child’s birthday, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas holidays, and so on and so forth. At trial, petitioner and Mr. Litton focused almost exclusively, if not exclusively, on the weekend and Tuesday/Thursday provisions of the Standard Possession Order. On the basis of the parties’ focus at trial, and judging from petitioner’s day-planner, see infra, it would appear that they generally treated just the weekend and Tuesday/Thursday provisions as the operative provisions regarding which parent was entitled to “possession” of the children at any particular time.Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Next
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