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NON-PRECEDENTIAL DECISION - SEE SUPERIOR COURT I.O.P. 65.37
K. L. W. : IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF
: PENNSYLVANIA
Appellant :
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v. :
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C. J. W. : No. 708 EDA 2016
Appeal from the Order Entered February 4, 2016
in the Court of Common Pleas of Chester County
Domestic Relations at No(s): No. 2015-05718
BEFORE: PANELLA, J., SHOGAN, J., and PLATT*, J.
JUDGMENT ORDER BY PANELLA, J.: FILED DECEMBER 23, 2016
K.L.W. (“Mother”) appeals from the February 4, 2016 order denying
her request to relocate to West Dover, Vermont with her children, C.W., III,
a male, born in February 1999; G.W., a female, born in September 2000;
P.W., a female, born in February 2003; and T.W., a male, born in May 2005.
We affirm.
The trial court set forth the factual and procedural history of this case,
which we adopt herein. See Trial Court Opinion, filed 2/4/16, at 1-3.
Our scope and standard of review is as follows:
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* Retired Senior Judge assigned to the Superior Court.
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In reviewing a custody order, our scope is of the broadest type
and our standard is abuse of discretion. We must accept findings
of the trial court that are supported by competent evidence of
record, as our role does not include making independent factual
determinations. In addition, with regard to issues of credibility
and weight of the evidence, we must defer to the presiding trial
judge who viewed and assessed the witnesses first-hand.
However, we are not bound by the trial court’s deductions or
inferences from its factual findings. Ultimately, the test is
whether the trial court’s conclusions are unreasonable as shown
by the evidence of record. We may reject the conclusions of the
trial court only if they involve an error of law, or are
unreasonable in light of the sustainable findings of the trial
court.
C.R.F., III v. S.E.F., 45 A.3d 441, 443 (Pa. Super. 2012) (citation omitted).
Upon careful review of the parties’ briefs, the certified record, and the
applicable law, we discern no abuse of discretion by the trial court. The
thorough and comprehensive opinions of the Honorable David F. Bortner
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dispose of Mother’s issues on appeal. Accordingly, we affirm the order
entered by the trial court based on Judge Bortner’s opinions filed February 4,
2016, and April 20, 2016.1
Order affirmed.
Judgment Entered.
Joseph D. Seletyn, Esq.
Prothonotary
Date: 12/23/2016
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The parties are directed to attach a copy of these opinions in the event of
further proceedings in this matter.
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