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Denial of Mother’s Request to Relocate Reversed, Factors Described

The Second Department reversed Family Court and determined the relocation of the child with the mother was in the best interests of the child.  The mother had remarried, her husband and the child got along well, her husband had a good job and a three bedroom house in Georgia, adequate visitation with the child’s father could be arranged, and the child wished to move to Georgia. The court described the analytical factors:

The Family Court erred in denying the mother’s modification petition so as to allow her to relocate to Georgia with the subject child. A parent’s relocation request must be considered on its own merits with due consideration of all the relevant circumstances, and with predominant emphasis being placed on what outcome is most likely to serve the best interests of the child … . Courts are free to consider and give appropriate weight to all of the factors that may be relevant to the determination. These factors include, but are not limited to, each parent’s reasons for seeking or opposing the move, the quality of the relationships between the child and both parents, the impact of the move on the quantity and quality of the child’s future contact with the noncustodial parent, the degree to which the custodial parent’s and child’s life may be enhanced economically, emotionally, and educationally by the move, and the feasibility of preserving the relationship between the noncustodial parent and child through suitable visitation arrangements. It is for the court to determine, based on all of the proof, whether it has been established by a preponderance of the evidence that a proposed relocation would serve the child’s best interests … . In relocation proceedings, this Court’s authority is as broad as that of the hearing court. A relocation determination will not be permitted to stand unless it is supported by a sound and substantial basis in the record … . The Family Court’s determination here was not supported by a sound and substantial basis in the record. Matter of Hall v Hall, 2014 NY Slip Op 04487, 2nd Dept 6-18-14

 

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