Legal Opinion

Lawrence v. Davidson

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

Decided September 11, 2013PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

In related child custody and visitation proceedings pursuant to Family Court Act article 6, the mother appeals, as limited by her brief, from so much of an order of the Family Court, Rockland County (Richardson-Mendelson, Ct. Atty. Ref.), entered July 16, 2012, as, after a hearing, awarded the parties joint legal custody of the subject child.

Ordered that the order is reversed insofar as appealed from, on the facts, without costs or disbursements, and the mother is awarded sole legal custody of the subject child.

Joint custody is appropriate between “relatively stable, amicable parents behaving…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Laura A. K. v. Timothy M.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994
  2. Wright v. KauraAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2013

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Irizarry v. IrizarryAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2014
  2. Matter of Moore v. GonzalezAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2015
  3. Matter of Saravia v. GodziebaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2014
  4. Matter of Sanchez v. RexhepiAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2016
  5. Matter of Chichilnitskiy v. FaimanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2014

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