Hernandez v. Jenkins

|¾⅛ this child custody matter, we are called upon to determine whether the family court abused its discretion in denying a mother’s motion to relocate to another state with her minor child. For the reasons that follow, we conclude the record supports the finding that the family court failed to properly apply the relocation factors and therefore abused its discretion in denying the mother’s motion to relocate.

UNDERLYING FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Misty Hernandez (“mother”) and Brandon Jenkins (“father”) are the parents of M.H., a minor child born in 2004. Although the parties were never…