Legal Opinion
Shaw v. Miller
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided January 24, 2012PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*880The Family Court did not err in granting the father’s petition to modify a prior order of custody and visitation. The father established by a preponderance of the evidence that the relocation to Virginia was in the subject child’s best interests (see Matter of Tropea v Tropea, 87 NY2d 727, 741 [1996]; Matter of Harding v Harding, 84 AD3d 1086 [2011]; Matter of Englese v Strauss, 83 AD3d 705 [2011]; Bjornson v Bjornson, 38 AD3d 816 [2007]). The father established that the relocation to Virginia was economically necessary, that the child’s life will be enhanced emotionally and educationally by…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- MATTER OF TROPEA v. TropeaNew York Court of Appeals · 1996
- Jennings v. Yillah-ChowAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2011
- Clarke v. BoertleinAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2011
- Hamed v. HamedAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2011
- Englese v. StraussAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2011
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3Cited by4 opinions
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- Sahagun v. AlixAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2013