In a child custody proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 6, the mother appeals, as limited by her brief, from so much of an order of the Family Court, as, after a hearing, denied her cross petition to modify a prior custody order, by permitting her to relocate with…
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Court Discusses County Detension Program
A New York Family Lawyer said an agency filed an appeal charging a man committed an act which if committed by an adult would constitute the crime of promoting contraband in the second degree. A fact-finding hearing was commenced. A community associate, a director, and a probation officer testified. A…
Court Decides Case Regarding Subject Matter Jurisdiction
A New York Family Lawyer said that, based upon the foregoing papers, defendant (Father) moves for a suspension and downward modification of his child support obligations on the ground that plaintiff (Mother) allegedly has refused his visitation with the parties’ daughter, has removed the child to another jurisdiction without court…
Court Discusses Guardians’s Motion to Dismiss
A New York Family Lawyer said that, the petition in this matter was filed on or about May 14, 1991 in Westchester County Family Court and on July 18, 1991 a fact-finding hearing was held. Thereafter the Court entered a finding that the respondent committed an act which, if done…
Court Decides Child Neglect Matter
An institution moved to request a decision without a hearing for a child neglect matter. The complainant requested the court to enter a finding of derivative neglect against the mother of the child based on the court’s prior finding of neglect as to the offender’s older children. A New York…
Court Decides Termination of Parental Rights Proceeding
A New York Family Lawyer said by amended petition, the petitioner alleges that the child is an abused and neglected child within the meaning of Family Court Act. The petition further alleges that the respondent woman is the mother of the child and that the man, a non-respondent in this…
Court Rules on Child Molestation Case
The Nassau County Department of Social Services filed amended child abuse and neglect petitions against the father on behalf of his children who was four years and two and one-half years old at the time. A New York Family Lawyer said the petitions alleged that on numerous and diverse occasions…
Court Decides on Executor’s Accounting
A New York Family Lawyer said that, before the court is the first and final account of the Public Administrator of Nassau County for the estate of the decedent who died intestate, a resident of Great Neck, New York, on August 8, 2006. Letters of administration issued to the Public…
Mother Appeals Father’s Reduction in Child Support
In a child support proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act, the mother appeals from an order of the County Family Court which denied her objections to so much of an order of the same court, as, after a hearing, granted that branch of the father’s petition which was for a…
Court Rules on Separation Agreement
A petition to modify an order made by another court pursuant to the Family Court Act was filed in the County Family Court. The petitioner former husband of the respondent wife seeks sole child custody of his son. A New York Family Lawyer said a decree of divorce was filed…