Legal Opinion
Ortiz v. Ortiz
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided June 11, 2014PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
In a child custody proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 6, the father appeals from an order of the Family Court, Nassau County (Singer, J.), dated November 29, 2012, which, after a hearing, granted the mother’s petition to relocate to Michigan with the parties’ child.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
“When reviewing a custodial parent’s request to relocate, the court’s primary focus must be on the best interests of the child” (Matter of Giraldo v Gomez, 49 AD3d 645, 645 [2008]; see Matter of Tropea v Tropea, 87 NY2d 727, 739 [1996]; Matter of Hirtz…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- MATTER OF TROPEA v. TropeaNew York Court of Appeals · 1996
- Said v. SaidAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2009
- Giraldo v. GomezAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2008
- Hirtz v. HirtzAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2013
- Jennings v. Yillah-ChowAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2011
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Matter of Detwiler v. DetwilerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2016
- Matter of Lazo v. CherrezAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2014
- Matter of Morales v. SavageAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2017
- Matter of Rizvi v. ShahAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2015