POSC 4210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Suspended Sentence, Leaving New York
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Case was regarding milo lazarevic and jan fogelquist, who divorced ater having a 6. 5 year old child named adrian. Milo wanted to modify their custody agreement so that jan, the custodial parent, couldn"t move to saudi arabia and take adrian with her. It was important to note that jan was leaving new york and moving whether she was allowed to take her son with her or not. The court ruled based on adrian"s best interest, rather than the excepional circumstance rule, and took many factors into account such as the inancial status, quality of living situaions, economic necessity for the mother to relocate, etc. Milo argued that jan moving was placing her own needs over the needs of her child, and argued that she could reach her career goals without moving to saudi arabia. The court ruled that she could move and take adrian with her, but she had to post a bond for.