Rosenthal v. Maney

A judge of the Probate and Family Court denied the request of the plaintiff, Amy P. Rawstron Rosenthal (mother), who had been adjudicated the primary custodial parent in an earlier divorce judgment, to relocate with the parties’ *258minor child from the Commonwealth. In the same proceeding, the judge changed physical custody from the mother to the defendant, Paul S. Maney (father), pursuant to his request for modification of custody. From these judgments the mother appeals.

The mother claims that the change in custody was not, as is required by G. L. c. 208, § 28, supported by a material and…