Matter of Peter R. v Samara B.

Matter of Peter R. v Samara B. 2015 NY Slip Op 05397 Decided on June 23, 2015 Appellate Division, First Department Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. This opinion is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the Official Reports.

Decided on June 23, 2015
Tom, J.P., Renwick, Moskowitz, Manzanet-Daniels, Feinman, JJ.
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[*1] In re Peter R., Petitioner-Appellant,

v

Samara B., Respondent-Respondent.

Leslie S. Lowenstein, Woodmere, for appellant.

Law Offices of Randall S. Carmel, Syosset, (Randall S. Carmel of counsel), for respondent.

Order, Family Court, Bronx County (Jennifer Burtt, Court Attorney-Referee), entered on or about January 31, 2014, which, after a hearing, denied petitioner father's petition for joint custody, and granted respondent mother's petition for sole custody and her request to relocate with the child to the State of Georgia, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

The court properly determined that awarding the mother sole custody and granting her request to relocate with the child to

Georgia was in the child's best interests, based on its consideration of the relevant factors (Tropea v Tropea, 87 NY2d 727, 740-741 [1996]).

THIS CONSTITUTES THE DECISION AND ORDER

OF THE SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT.

ENTERED: JUNE 23, 2015

CLERK