CALIFORNIA FAMILY LAW
...Custody and Visitation
......Modification
.........Changed Circumstances Req'd
............Best Interest Not Enough
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To change prior custody order, court must have proof of changed circumstances and proof that change is in child's best interests.

Abuse of discretion to order Cs to participate with H in therapy program with no contact with W for 90 days where H presented no evidence of changed circumstances and court denied best interest evidentiary hearing.

The overarching duty in a move-away case is to make an order which is in the child's best interests.