The father sought a stay of a trial judgment that permitted the mother to relocate to California with their children and ordered the father to pay retroactive and ongoing child and spousal support.
The motion judge dismissed the father's request for a stay, finding that he failed to demonstrate a serious question for appeal or that the children would suffer irreparable harm if the stay was not granted.
The court emphasized that granting a stay would radically alter the children's established living arrangements and was not in their best interests, especially given the father's thin record and the trial judge's detailed findings.
