Date: 10-28-2024

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Isaac William Hess v. Lisa Ann Hess

Case Number: 20719-2023

Judge: Steven A. Gardner

Court: District Court, Seventh Judicial District, Bonneville County, Idaho

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This case concerns child custody proceedings between Isaac William Hess and Lisa Ann Hess. Isaac and Lisa have two minor children, who are registered members of the Cherokee Nation. During the proceedings, Isaac alleged that Lisa had abused the children by spanking them with a PVC pipe and that she was a negligent mother. Isaac's father was briefly granted emergency guardianship of the children in the District Court of the Cherokee Nation during the proceedings. The Idaho court stayed its proceedings pending the resolution of the guardianship action in the Cherokee Nation court. Shortly thereafter, the District Court of the Cherokee Nation dismissed the guardianship action because the children lived outside the jurisdictional borders of the Cherokee Nation. The Idaho court then held a trial on the custody issues, after which the magistrate court awarded Lisa sole physical custody of the children and awarded Isaac and Lisa joint legal custody but granted Lisa "the final say and determination as to how to proceed, at all times, on all such
issues, at her sole discretion, even over Isaac's objection." Finally, the magistrate court ordered Isaac to pay child support, which was calculated based on Lisa having sole physical custody. The court backdated the child support award to January 1, 2021.

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Hess v. Hess, 50719-2023 (Idaho Oct 28, 2024)

Outcome: Affirmed

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