Legal Opinion
Salichs v. James
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided May 30, 2000PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Saxe, J.
Plaintiff mother seeks permission to relocate with the parties’ child to Puerto Rico. We conclude that she has failed to satisfy her burden of proving by a preponderance of the evidence that the move would be in the child’s best interests, and, accordingly, we reverse Supreme Court’s grant of permission.
Pursuant to the stipulation of settlement incorporated in the parties’ judgment of divorce, the mother was granted physical custody of their now six-year-old daughter, while the parties shared joint legal custody. Defendant father was given extensive visitation…
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