Conners v. Mullins

Appellant, Christine Conners, appeals a Final Judgment of Dissolution of Marriage. We agree with appellant that the trial court, in ordering her to return to Tallahassee with the parties’ child, employed an incorrect legal standard. In evaluating the child’s best interests pursuant to section 61.13001(7), Florida Statutes, the trial court primarily focused on how it would have ruled on the issue of relocation had it been faced with the issue prior to appellant’s move to Albany, New York, which occurred while appellant was pregnant with the parties’ child. However, because the relocation had…