Matter of Martha v. v. Tony R.

Order, Family Court, New York County (Gloria Sosa-Lintner, J.), entered on or about January 5, 2016, which granted the mother’s petition to modify a custody order and awarded her sole legal and physical custody of the parties’ children, subject to visitation with respondent father on alternate weekends, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Contrary to the father’s contention, the court properly determined that a full evidentiary hearing was not necessary because it possessed sufficient information to render an informed decision on the children’s best interests and because the father made no…