Moving On

In the new world of "The Global Village", ex-spouses are increasingly faced with the need to move out of state. Here, the ex-wife sought an order permitting her to move to Michigan with the parties' 10 year-old daughter. In the 1994 New Jersey divorce, it was agreed that she would have primary physical custody and that he would have "liberal visitation". But when her second husband found a job in Michigan after being "downsized", the Court found that the move was requested in good faith. After asking for further certifications from the parties and receiving a "lengthy, detailed certification" from the mother, relocation was permitted, without a plenary hearing, since the factors required under Baures v. Lewis had been satisfied. Sandello v. Sandello, New Jersey App. Div., March 24, 2005.