![]() ![]() ![]() Generally, the 2 Mother’s counsel described the history in his closing argument, stating that he first wanted to “remind the Court. There were some relatively minor legal skirmishes after the 2009 order, with no major changes to the custodial arrangement until 9 March 2015, when the trial court entered an order modifying the 2009 custody order (“2015 Modified Custody Order”). ![]() We will not recount the details of this battle leading up to the order on appeal, but in brief summary, the first custody order entered in 2009 granted sole legal and primary physical custody to Mother and secondary custodial time to Father.2 Father’s decision-making authority regarding the children was severely curtailed by this order based upon Father’s misdeeds as described in the order. The parties are the parents of two children the oldest, their son John, had just turned 18 before Mother filed her contempt motion, and the contempt motion and order in this appeal applies only to their daughter, Mary, now age 17. Background This appeal arises from an exceptionally contentious and prolonged custody battle between Mother and Father, beginning in January 2007 and continuing, with a few lulls, ever since. ![]() COHEN Opinion of the Court necessary to permit review by this Court, so we vacated that order and remanded for the trial court to enter a new order including findings of fact to support its conclusion. The trial court first entered an order denying Mother’s motion for contempt on 17 August 2016, but this order did not include findings of fact 1 We use pseudonyms to protect the identity of the parties’ children. Cohen (“Father”) is not in civil contempt of a prior custody order based upon the refusal of the parties’ daughter, Mary,1 to return to the physical custody of Mother. Grissom (“Mother”) appeals from the trial court’s order holding that defendant David I. Miller and Tom Bush, for defendant-appellee. James, McElroy & Diehl, P.A., by Preston O. Heard in the Court of Appeals 4 June 2018. Osman in District Court, Mecklenburg County. Appeal by plaintiff from order entered 9 October 2017 by Judge Matthew J. COA18-66 Filed: 2 October 2018 Mecklenburg County, No. IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF NORTH CAROLINA No. ![]()
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