Emerson v. Nickerson

Appeal from an amended order of the Family Court of Otsego County (Nydam, J.), entered March 18, 1993, which granted petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 6, for custody of the parties’ child.

*900The discrete issue before us is whether Family Court erred in resolving custody and visitation issues without granting petitioner’s request for counsel and without conducting an evidentiary hearing on the question of visitation by respondent with the then 2 Vi-year-old child of the unwed couple.

Family Court awarded custody to petitioner and proceeded to award…