Legal Opinion
Matter of Velez v. Alvarez
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided June 24, 2015No. 2014-08113PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal from an order of the Family Court, Westchester County (Robert C. Cerrato, J.), entered May 28, 2014. The order modified a prior order of custody and visitation to the extent of awarding the parties joint physical custody of the children and final decision-making authority to the mother.
Ordered that the order entered May 28, 2014, is reversed, on the law, without costs or disbursements, and the matter is remitted to the Family Court, Westchester County, for forensic evaluations of the parties and the children, in camera interviews with the children, and an evidentiary hearing on the…
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