Opinion
2001-05608
Submitted May 17, 2002.
June 10, 2002.
In two related proceedings pursuant to Family Court Act article 6, the father appeals, as limited by his brief, from stated portions of an order of the Family Court, Westchester County (Klein, J.), dated May 17, 2001, which, after a hearing, inter alia, granted the mother's application for permission to relocate with the parties' child to Cromwell, Connecticut.
Bender Jenson Silverstein, LLP, White Plains, N Y (Pamela J. Jenson of counsel), for appellant.
Jones Sledzir Garneau Nardone, LLP, Scarsdale, N Y (Stephen J. Jones of counsel), for respondent.
John A. Pappalardo, White Plains, N.Y., Law Guardian for the child.
Before: SANDRA J. FEUERSTEIN, J.P., ROBERT W. SCHMIDT, THOMAS A. ADAMS, STEPHEN G. CRANE, JJ.
DECISION ORDER
ORDERED that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.
When reviewing a custodial parent's request to relocate, the court's primary focus must be on the best interests of the child (see Tropea v. Tropea, 87 N.Y.2d 727, 739; Matter of Abadinsky v. Abadinsky, 264 A.D.2d 476; Harmon v. Harmon, 254 A.D.2d 456; Pardee v. Pardee, 246 A.D.2d 522; cf. Matter of Huston v. Jones, 252 A.D.2d 502, 503; Matter of Mascola v. Mascola, 251 A.D.2d 414, 415). Here, contrary to the father's contentions, the record provides a sound and substantial basis for the Family Court's determination, inter alia, to grant the mother's application for permission to relocate with the parties' son to Cromwell, Connecticut (see Pardee v. Pardee, supra at 523).
FEUERSTEIN, J.P., SCHMIDT, ADAMS and CRANE, JJ., concur.