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MATTER OF MENDOZA v. ADAMSON

238 A.D.2d 737 (1997)

656 N.Y.S.2d 504

In the Matter of Sylvia Mendoza, Appellant, v. Christian R. Adamson, Respondent

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Third Department.

April 17, 1997

Mikoll, J. P.

The decision of Family Court denying petitioner the right to relocate with her child to California was based on the court's application of the "exceptional circumstances" criteria applied in relocation applications but, now, no longer applicable in view of the Court of Appeals' enunciation of a new standard of "best interests of the child" in Matter of Tropea v Tropea (87 N.Y.2d 727).

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