Legal Opinion
Elkus v. Elkus
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided August 27, 1992PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Sullivan, J.
This appeal is from an order which permits the mother, their primary caretaker, to relocate the two children of the marriage, ages 14 and 12, from their present home on Long Island, easily accessible to the father, who faithfully exercises his visitation rights, to California so that the mother can spend more time with her new husband, who resides there and cannot relocate.
The parties, after a 17-year marriage, were divorced by judgment, entered on September 18, 1990 pursuant to a stipulation of settlement, which provided for joint custody of their two…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- Daghir v. DaghirNew York Court of Appeals · 1982
- Hemphill v. HemphillAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1991
- Richardson v. HowardAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1987
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