| Matter of Peter R. v Samara B. |
| 2015 NY Slip Op 05397 [129 AD3d 579] |
| June 23, 2015 |
| Appellate Division, First Department |
| Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. |
| In the Matter of Peter R., Appellant, v Samara B., 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, Ct. Atty. Ref.), 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 (Matter of Tropea v Tropea, 87 NY2d 727, 740-741 [1996]). Concur—Tom, J.P., Renwick, Moskowitz, Manzanet-Daniels and Feinman, JJ.