Marriage of Bowman CA3

Filed 3/19/15 Marriage of Bowman CA3 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED California Rules of Court, rule 8.1115(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule 8.1115(b). This opinion has not been certified for publication or ordered published for purposes of rule 8.1115.

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA THIRD APPELLATE DISTRICT (El Dorado) ----

In re the Marriage of RICHIE and ROBERT C074912 BOWMAN.

RICHIE BOWMAN, (Super. Ct. No. SFL20110218)

Respondent,

v.

ROBERT BOWMAN,

Appellant.

Robert Bowman (father) appeals from an order denying his request to modify a prior order for custody and visitation with his three children. Father asserts that the trial court lacked substantial evidence for its ruling, but he does not provide legal or factual authority to support this claim. We affirm the order of the court.

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BACKGROUND On July 3, 2012, judgment was entered dissolving father’s marriage to Richie Bowman (mother). The judgment included both an order granting the parties joint legal and physical custody of their minor children and a detailed parenting schedule. The parenting schedule was then modified in April 2013; the modification included an order that the parties’ children were “to remain in the South Lake Tahoe School District through eighth grade . . . .” On July 16, 2013, father filed a motion to modify the July 13, 2012 custody and visitation order.1 Father asked the trial court to grant him sole physical custody of the parties’ children and grant mother “reasonable visitation.” In support of his request, father argued that since the children left the school near his home and began going to school in South Lake Tahoe, their schoolwork was suffering. Father argued the children would do better if they lived with him during the week and returned to the school near his home. The trial court heard father’s motion on September 27, 2013. Mother and father each represented themselves and each testified. Father also submitted e-mails and school records in support of his claims. The trial court ruled that father failed to show any changed circumstance and it continued to be in the children’s best interest to remain enrolled in the South Lake Tahoe schools through eighth grade. The court then modified the parenting schedule in order to accommodate father’s work schedule. Accordingly, the court ordered father’s parenting time to begin at 7:00 p.m. on Sundays and extend through Wednesday morning. The court also detailed a parenting schedule for summer and the holidays, allowing both parties to have approximately equal time with the children.