Legal Opinion

McFarland v. Smith

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

Decided July 1, 2008PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

In related proceedings pursuant to Family Court Act article 6, the mother appeals, by permission, from an order of the Family Court, Rockland County (Warren, J.), dated February 26, 2008, which awarded the father temporary supervised visitation with the parties’ child.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

Absent “exceptional circumstances,” some form of visitation with the noncustodial parent “is always appropriate” (Zafran v Zafran, 28 AD3d 753, 755 [2006]; see Weiss v Weiss, 52 NY2d 170, 175 [1981]; Matter of Thompson v Yu-Thompson, 41 AD3d 487, 488 [2007]; Matter of Kachelhofer v…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Weiss v. WeissNew York Court of Appeals · 1981
  2. Thompson v. Yu-ThompsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2007
  3. Kachelhofer v. WasiakAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2004
  4. Zafran v. ZafranAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2006
  5. Pettiford-Brown v. BrownAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2007

3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Andrews v. MouzonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2011
  2. Franklin v. RicheyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2008
  3. Ciccone v. CicconeAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2010
  4. Cardona v. VantasselAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2012
  5. Wiebke v. WiebkeAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2010

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