Case No. ZC21P00327

13.As I have already indicated, the mother spent most of her childhood and early adulthood in the Boston area. Her parents also owned a holiday home near Cape Cod. However, her parents moved from the Boston area in 1999 and now live some distance away in South Carolina. The Cape Cod holiday home has been sold. They have however expressed a wish to return to the Boston area if the mother is permitted to relocate, and even if this is not possible and they remain living in South Carolina, they have indicated that they would wish to spend a substantial amount of time – around three months each year - with the mother and children in their new home. The mother also has four siblings all of whom live in the USA. One of these siblings lives close to the area to which she wishes to relocate. The children have a good relationship with their maternal grandparents and have spent time with them in the USA on a number of occasions, most recently at Christmas 2021. Earlier in 2021 they also spent a week in Greece with members of the mother’s family, although her father’s health meant that her parents were unable to take part in that trip.14.The father’s father died some years ago. His mother is still living and lives on the South Coast of England. The father has one sibling, a brother, and there are other members of his extended family who live near to his mother. The children also have a good relationship with their paternal grandmother, although visits by and to the paternal grandmother appear to have been a source of tension between the parents, and the circumstances surrounding a planned visit to the paternal grandmother in early January 2022 proved to be a particularly contentious part of the evidence. The position of the paternal grandmother is one factor underlying the father’s wish to remain in the UK.