In a child custody proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 6, the father appeals from an order of the Family Court, Nassau County, which, without a hearing, inter alia, granted sole custody of the subject child to the mother, with child visitation to the father. A New York Family…
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Grandmother Seeks Visitation Rights
A New York Family Lawyer said a grandmother seeks to obtain visitation privileges with her grandson. The child was born and resided with the complainant, his maternal grandmother, for five years. The child’s father is in prison, and his mother, who was addicted to drugs, already died. Previously, a dispute…
Father Seeks to Restrain Mother from Relocating Children
A New York Family Lawyer said in the matter before the Court concerns child custody of two children. The children are the biological children of the divorced parties herein. The current proceedings were commenced when the father filed petitions pursuant to Article 6 of the Family Court Act (FCA) in…
Father Claims Ex-Wife Willfully Prevented him from Exercising Visitation Rights
A New York Family Lawyer said a man sought an order to have his former wife held in contempt for her willful and deliberate failure to comply with the stipulation of settlement, in that he allegedly interfered with his right to frequent and regular visitation with and telephone access to…
Court Hears Combined Adoption and Visitation Proceeding
A New York Family Lawyer said in this combined adoption and visitation proceeding, the mother is seeking to have her son, adopted by her new husband. The father of the child however opposes the adoption and visitation request. The guardian of the child also opposes the mother’s petition and requests…
Father Fights for Custody of Eighteen Month Old
A New York Family Lawyer said the Child was born on October 22, 2002 and came into the custody of Department of Social Services (DSS) who placed her with the foster parents on October 24, 2002. The Child has always resided with the foster parents. DSS did not have any…
Court Decides of Petition for Relocation Should be Granted
A New York Family Lawyer said that, the petitioner/mother, and the respondent/father, were divorced by judgment of divorce, dated February 14, 2000 and entered by the Nassau County Clerk on February 15, 2000. The judgment of divorce granted the parties joint legal custody of their children. Physical custody was awarded…
Appeals Court Decides if Trial Court Erred in Terminating Parental Rights
A New York Family Lawyer said that, in a proceeding pursuant to Social Services Law § 384-b to adjudicate the subject child to be a permanently neglected child and to terminate the mother’s parental rights, the Nassau County Department of Social Services appeals from an order of the Family Court,…
Court Addresses Jurisdictional Issue
A New York Family Lawyer said that, this is a motion by the petitioner father to dismiss the respondent/applicant mother’s instant petition for modification of child custody and visitation order previously entered by this court during 1999. The instant petition was “clocked in” by the clerk’s office of this court…
Court Determines if it was an Error Awarding Sole Custody to Petitioner
A New York Family Lawyer said that, in a proceeding to determine child custody pursuant to Family Court Act article 6, in which the mother cross-petitioned for modification of an order of the Family Court, Bronx County, dated May 2, 1986, granting the father custody of the parties’ daughter, the…