Legal Opinion

Jackson v. Coleman

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

Decided April 3, 2012PublishedCited by 24 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

In a child custody proceeding 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, Suffolk County (Freundlich, J.), dated March 7, 2011, as, after a hearing, granted the father’s petition to modify a prior order of custody dated April 5, 2006, so as to award him sole custody of the subject children.

Ordered that the order dated March 7, 2011, is affirmed insofar as appealed from, without costs or disbursements.

“ ‘Modification of an existing custody arrangement is permissible only upon a showing that there has been a…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Eschbach v. EschbachNew York Court of Appeals · 1982
  2. Pignataro v. DavisAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2004
  3. Skeete v. HamiltonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2010
  4. Haimovici v. HaimoviciAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2010
  5. Buxenbaum v. FulmerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2011

3Cited by24 opinions

  1. Davis v. PignataroAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2012
  2. Ross v. RossAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2012
  3. James M. v. Kevin M.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2012
  4. Tori v. ToriAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2013
  5. Francis-Miller v. MillerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2013

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