Mendoza v. Adamson

Mikoll, J. P.

Appeal from an order of the Family Court of Montgomery County (Going, J.), entered January 26, 1995, which, inter alia, dismissed petitioner’s cross application, in a proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 6, to relocate with the parties’ child to another State.

The decision of Family Court denying petitioner the right to relocate with her child to California was based on the court’s application of the "exceptional circumstances” criteria applied in relocation applications but, now, no longer applicable in view of the Court of Appeals’ enunciation of a new standard of…