McNutt v. Yates (Majority, with Dissenting)
Annotate this CaseMother and Father were divorced in 2011. Mother was awarded primary physical custody of the parties' two children, and Father was ordered to pay child support. In 2012, Father filed a motion for modification of custody. The day before the set trial date, Mother filed a pro se motion for a continuance, which was denied. The circuit court subsequently found it to be in the children's best interest to change custody to Father and award visitation to Mother. The court further ordered Mother to pay child support and retroactively modified Father's past child support obligations to April 2011. The Supreme Court affirmed in part and reversed and remanded in part, holding that the circuit court (1) did not abuse its discretion in denying Mother's motion for a continuance after granting Mother's counsel's motion to withdraw; (2) did not clearly err in finding that Father proved a material change in circumstances and in awarding him custody; and (3) erred in retroactively modifying child support to April 2011.
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