Vanessa Ann Webster v. Brad Anthony Webster

This is a parental relocation case. The parties were divorced and, under their MDA, the mother was designated the primary residential parent for the parties’ two children. Within a month after the divorce decree was entered, the mother wrote the father a letter saying that she was moving to Canada with the children. The father filed an objection to the relocation in the trial court. The mother filed a response and a petition to relocate with the children to Canada, stating that she intended to marry a citizen of Canada who was currently serving in the Canadian armed services.  After a hearing, the trial court denied the mother’s petition, finding that the relocation did not have a reasonable purpose and that the relocation was not in the children’s best interest. The mother now appeals. We reverse, holding that the evidence  preponderates against the trial court’s finding of no reasonable purpose under the parental relocation statute.