Legal Opinion
Odums v. Metcalf
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided October 30, 2000PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
In a child custody proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 6, the father appeals from an order of the Family Court, Kings County (Grosvenor, J.), dated March 25, 1997, which, after a hearing, awarded custody of the children to the petitioner, the children’s maternal grandmother, and granted him only supervised visitation.
*795Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
This appeal involves a custody dispute between the petitioner, the children’s maternal grandmother, and the respondent, the children’s father. “A natural parent may not be deprived of custody of his or her child absent…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Bennett v. JeffreysNew York Court of Appeals · 1976
- Dickson v. LascarisNew York Court of Appeals · 1981
- Nellie R. v. Betty S.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1992
- Antionette M. v. Paul Seth G.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994
- Carosi v. BloomAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1996
3Cited by4 opinions
- Esposito v. ShannonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2006
- Metcalf v. OdumsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2006
- Koch v. AndresAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2002
- Robinson v. McKenzieAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2002