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A court can find it was in the best interests of the minor child to relocate to a state where his extended, close-knit family resided.

The parties were raised in California and met when the husband worked at a gym in California. They married in 2010. After she gave birth, the wife worked as a nanny. In May 2013, the parties moved to Maine, where the husband attended the University of Maine, and then moved to Connecticut. The wife maintained that the husband was controlling in connection with finances, appearance and activities. The husband did not believe the wife supported his studies or made adequate efforts to obtain employment.

Plaintiff husband recently obtained a job as a physician’s assistant with Hartford Hospital’s Pain Treatment Center and earned $1,396 net per week. Defendant wife earned $75 gross per week in retail and $61 gross per week from self-employment. The wife, who was from an extended, close knit family, was not financially self-sufficient in Maine or Connecticut.

The court dissolved the marriage and awarded joint custody of the minor child. The guardian for the minor child testified it would be in the best interests of the minor child to relocate to California, where the child’s support system was good. The court granted the wife’s request to relocate to California. The court awarded the husband visitation each July and December. The court ordered the husband to pay child support of $233 per week. The court did not award alimony.

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Source: Milbert v. Milbert, No. FA155039631S, 2016 Conn. Super. LEXIS 572 (Super. Ct. Apr. 5, 2016).