Shirley v. Shirley
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the CourtEgan Jr., J.
*1392We affirm. As the parent seeking to relocate, the mother bore the burden of establishing by a preponderance of the credible evidence that the proposed move was in the children’s best interests (see Matter of Scheffey-Hohle v Durfee, 90 AD3d 1423, 1425 [2011], lv denied 19 NY3d 876 [2012]; Matter of Sniff en v Weygant, 81 AD3d 1054, 1055 [2011], appeals dismissed 16 NY3d 886 [2011], 17 NY3d 884 [2011]). Such a showing, in turn, requires a court to consider a number of factors, including each parent’s “motivation for seeking or opposing the move, the impact of the move on the children’s…
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