FREEDMAN v. FREEDMAN

Index No. 365340/20. Appeal No. 15576. Case No. 2021-04414.

203 A.D.3d 600 (2022)

162 N.Y.S.3d 721

2022 NY Slip Op 02060

Jamie Freedman, Appellant, v. Ilana Levy Freedman, Respondent.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department.

Decided March 24, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chemtob Moss Forman & Beyda, LLP, New York ( Thomas M. Kretchmar of counsel), for appellant.

Cohen Clair Lans Greifer Thorpe & Rottenstreich LLP, White Plains ( Mitchell P. Lieberman of counsel), for respondent.

Concur—Gische, J.P., Mazzarelli, Friedman, González, Mendez, JJ.


In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the parties and their children left the marital home in Manhattan to reside with the wife's family in Westport, Connecticut. The parties dispute whether the relocation was intended to be temporary. The husband later returned to Manhattan, leaving the wife and children in Westport. New York was determined to be the children's home state and the proper venue for the divorce action. The husband moved to compel the wife to return the children...

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