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Roadcap v. Roadcap

Order awarding primary custody of parties' children to the father reversed because the court abused its discretion by making its decision based on the preferability of father's place of residence and his financial ability to provide better opportunities for the children.

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� 1 This is an appeal from an order awarding primary physical custody of the parties’ two minor children to Appellee, Robert L. Roadcap, Jr.

�2 The parties to this custody action were married in Texas in February of 1990 when both were serving in the United States Air Force. Appellee left the armed services shortly thereafter while Appellant maintained her enlistment until a month after the birth of their son on September 22, 1992. At that point, Appellant became a full time homemaker. They remained in Texas for five years, living for part of that time with Appellant’s family. The school system in the area where they resided appeared unsatisfactory; therefore, in 1996 they relocated to York County, with which Appellant was familiar, and after renting an apartment for a short period, purchased the marital home. The house contains four bedrooms and two bathrooms, and is surrounded by a yard to be used as a play area. The parties’ second child, a daughter, was born on November 14, 1997.

� 3 In December of 1998, the parties separated when Appellant relocated to Ohio with the children, joining some people whom she had met on the Internet. When she returned several months later, she moved into a shelter, and then to an apartment occupying the second and third floor of a private house, while Appellee remained in marital home. Appellee’s mother began residing with him in February or March of 1999.

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