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The court denies a mother’s request to relocate with the child

In Matter of Cadet v Lamour, 86 A.D.3d 538 (2011) the mother wanted to move with the child from Brooklyn to Newburgh. The court denied her request and awarded custody to the father, finding that the mother had interfered with the father’s visitation, failed to inform him of important matters regarding the child, (such as her contemplated relocation), and made decisions regarding the child’s education without consulting the father. A “relocation request must be considered on its own merits with due consideration of all the relevant facts and circumstances and with predominant emphasis being placed on what outcome is most likely to serve the best interests of the child,” Matter of Tropea v Tropea, 87 NY2d 727, 739 (1996).

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