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· 4/20/2022

in the Interest of V.M.M.,a Child

How courts have described this case

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  • deferring to judge’s view that it was not in child’s best interests to permit move to California where “bicoastal existence” would be tiring and stressful, financial security would diminish and there would be negative impact on important relationship with father
  • affirming a judgment denying removal where the move would make the mother and child financially less secure, take the mother away from her support network of friends and family, and force the child to take frequent overnight flights to visit his father
  • where mother had sincere reason for wanting to move to California, but move was not in best interests of child
  • “Here, the move would have clear and significant negative effects on the child. These effects, as the court in Yannas . . . emphasized, are ‘most important’ ”

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