MATTER OF TROPEA v. Tropea

How courts have described this case

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• overruling previous formula used in New York requiring the custodial parent to show “exceptional circumstances” to overcome the presumption against removal
• rejecting presumptions and holding that relocation request must be considered in totality of circumstances “with predominant emphasis . . . placed on what outcome is most likely to serve the best interests of the child”
• “Relocation cases . . . present some of the knottiest and most disturbing problems that our courts are called upon to resolve”
• custodial parent no longer must show \exceptional\ circumstances to justify relocation with minor children
• factors include good faith of parents, both proposing and opposing move
• factors include good faith of parents, both proposing and opposing move

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