Baum v. Baum

Order unanimously reversed, on the law, without costs, and matter remitted to Supreme Court, Onondaga County, for further proceedings, in accordance with the following memorandum: The court denied the mother’s motion for change of custody of her six-year-old daughter without holding a hearing, relying on evidence at an earlier divorce trial terminated by an agreement and on conversations with the parties and their attorneys at an informal conference approximately one year later. Since neither of those proceedings is in the record before us, appellate review is impossible. The agreement,…