Stearns v. Baxter

*399OPINION OF THE COURT

Joseph J. Traficanti, Jr., J.

Two petitions dated August 5, 1996 and August 26, 1996 respectively are before the court in which the Petitioner mother (Petitioner) seeks permission to relocate with the child to the State of North Carolina; and the noncustodial father opposes the petition and cross-petitions for a change in custody if the mother relocates so that the child will remain with the father in New York State.

The Petitioner, Leslee Stearns, is the mother of a child born on June 21, 1989, who is now seven years of age. Petitioner in the cross-petition, Anthony Baxter,…