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Custody — Relocation of child — Judicial error<\/strong><\/p>\n

Betelihem Mulugeta (\u201cMother\u201d and appellant) filed a complaint for an absolute divorce in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County, seeking, among other things, custody of the minor child (\u201cchild\u201d) she shares with Abel Wondowsen (\u201cFather\u201d and appellee).<\/p>\n

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Custody — Relocation of child — Judicial error Betelihem Mulugeta (\u201cMother\u201d and appellant) filed a complaint for an absolute divorce in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County, seeking, among other things, custody of the minor child (\u201cchild\u201d) she shares with Abel Wondowsen (\u201cFather\u201d and appellee). Read the opinion<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9309,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[71484,1435,4964],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18315","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-custody-visitation","category-opinions","category-torts","subscriber_only"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nBETELIHEM MULUGETA v. 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