Brown v. Brown

I. NATURE OF CASE

Cynthia M. Brown, now known as Cynthia M. Morales, appeals the district court’s denial of her request to be granted sole custody of her minor children and for leave of the court to relocate with the children from Lincoln, Nebraska, to Suffolk County, New York. The primary question presented in this appeal is whether the procedures and criteria articulated by this court in Farnsworth v. Farnsworth, 257 Neb. 242, 597 N.W.2d 592 (1999), apply to a situation in which the parties share joint legal and physical custody of the children.

II. PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Two children were bom…