Matter of Lopez v. Alvarez

Appeal from an order of the Family Court, Suffolk County (Heather P.S. James, Ct. Atty. Ref.), dated August 25, 2014. The order, after a hearing, granted the father’s petition to modify an order of that court dated January 5, 2012, so as to award him sole custody of the subject child.

Ordered that the order dated August 25, 2004, is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.

To modify an existing custody order, there must be a showing of a change in circumstances such that modification is required to protect the best interests of the child (see Matter of Oakley v Cond-Arnold, 130 AD3d 737…