Legal Opinion

Sequeira v. Sequeira

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

Decided April 11, 2013PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*505Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Lori Sattler, J.), entered October 23, 2012, which awarded defendant mother temporary decision-making authority with respect to the parties’ son’s education, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

The motion court properly exercised its discretion in determining that it is in the child’s best interest to award defendant mother temporary decision-making authority with respect to the issue of the child’s education (see Eschbach v Eschbach, 56 NY2d 167 [1982]). The parties agreed to joint legal custody, which their agreement defined as including equal input…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Eschbach v. EschbachNew York Court of Appeals · 1982
  2. Sparacio v. FitzgeraldAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2010
  3. Linda R. v. Ari Z.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2010

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Matter of Estevez v. PerezAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2014
  2. STEVENSON, II, LARRY D. v. SMITH, TRICIA A.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2016
  3. STANTON, FRANK L. v. KELSO, NINA M.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2017

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