HomeMy WebLinkAbout2015-04231 CIVIL
DESIREE M. NICKLE, IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF
Plaintiff CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
CIVIL ACTION-LAW
v.
JASON B. JUMPER, NO. 2015-4231 CIVIL TERM
Defendant CUSTODY
OPINION AND ORDER OF COURT
HYAMS, J., MARCH 29, 2021
I. PREAMBLE
A very wise person who remains anonymous once said on the topic of Co-parenting:
compete. You will never win, and your child will lose. Collaboration
does not mean you must always agree. Compromise, pick your battles, and back each other
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II. BACKGROUND
The parents have each filed Modification Petitions and have whittled down the
outstanding issues to the very narrow issue of which school district the child should be
attending starting the 2021/2022 school year. The child is currently in the first grade at
Kindergarten until the pandemic caused school closures in March 2020. Father lives in
o live at least part
time in his household (half siblings and step siblings) who attend CASD. The Mother works
in Carlisle during the school week, and therefore the child attends a daycare program
approximately fifteen minutes away from Mothers home before and after school on the
he is self-employed and he does not schedule himself to work if his children are in his care
and not in school. The physical custody schedule is 50/50 with Mother having the child
Monday, Thursday and every other weekend and Father having the child Tuesday,
Wednesday and every other weekend. The parents agree that the physical custody schedule
works well and should not change.
III. FINDINGS
the child factors and an analysis of the testimony and evidence presented at the March 25,
2021 hearing as it relates to those factors. Although Mother presented evidence on the
rankings between the schools and school districts involved, both parents conceded that they
child might be negatively
to be the most convenient when all things were considered in terms of both households and
the work schedules/distances involved. He also felt the child would perform well in his
district because she would be attending the same school and riding the bus with a step sibling
with whom she is very close.
Following careful analysis of all the best interest custodial factors in relation to this
narrow issue of school district, the court finds that it is in the best interest of the child to
remain in her current school district and change
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entering the 4 grade.
IV. DISCUSSION
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ORDER OF COURT
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AND NOW this 29day of March, 2021, after a hearing in the above captioned action, it
is hereby Ordered and Directed as follows with regard to the custody of the minor child, S.R.J.:
The custody order dated February 10, 2021 shall remain in full force and effect with the
modification that S.R.J. will continue to attend her current school within the Boiling Springs
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school district for 2and 3grade. The child will begin to attend 4
school district, Carlisle Area School District. If there is a substantial change within a
accordance with this opinion, the parties may mutually agree to modify the terms of this court
order. However, if there is a substantial change (par
school performance drastically changes, etc.), and the parties cannot mutually agree to modify
the order of court, either party may file a Motion for Modification.
BY THE COURT:
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The Honorable Carrie E. Hyams
Jeanne B. Costopoulos, Esq.
PO Box 22018
Sarasota, FL 34276
Counsel for the Plaintiff
Jason B. Jumper
30 Willow Grove Rd.
Carlisle, PA 17013
Pro Se Defendant