Ritz v. Ritz

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Emily Jane Goodman, J.), entered August 2, 2006, which denied plaintiff mother’s application to relocate to Israel with the parties’ three children, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Plaintiff seeks to relocate on the ground of economic necessity. The request was denied, following a hearing, notwithstanding the court’s sympathy with the mother’s position and the finding that defendant father’s testimony had not been entirely credible. On appeal, plaintiff insists that she satisfied her burden of establishing, by a preponderance of the evidence, that…