Legal Opinion
Matter of Scheiner v. Henig
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided November 15, 2017No. 2016-10309PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal by the mother from an order of the Family Court, Rockland County (Rachel T. Tanguay-McGuane, J.), dated August 24, 2016. The order, after a hearing, granted the father’s petition to modify the parties’ stipulation of settlement so as to award him residential custody of the subject children.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
“ ‘Modification of an existing court-sanctioned custody or visitation arrangement is permissible only upon a showing that there has been a change in circumstances such that a modification is necessary to ensure the continued best…
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