Legal Opinion

Binong Xu v. Sullivan

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided January 17, 2012PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

The father withdrew his petition for custody during the course of the hearing. Therefore, his contentions regarding an award of joint custody are not properly before this Court.

Although “[supervised visitation is appropriately required only where it is established that unsupervised visitation would be detrimental to the child” (Matter of Bullinger v Costa, 63 AD3d 735, 735-736 [2009]; see Rosenberg v Rosenberg, 44 AD3d 1022, 1024 [2007]; Cervera v Bressler, 50 AD3d 837, 839 [2008]), a determination as to whether visitation should be supervised is a matter left to the court’s sound discretion,…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Cervera v. BresslerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2008
  2. Rosenberg v. RosenbergAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2007
  3. Bullinger v. CostaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2009
  4. Lorraine D. v. Widmack C.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2010
  5. Smith v. RobertsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2009

3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Gooler v. GoolerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2013
  2. Green v. BontzolakesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2013
  3. Grant v. TerryAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2013
  4. Matter of Tecza v. AlijaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2016
  5. Matter of Watson v. MaraghAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2017

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