Legal Opinion

D'Alessandro v. D'Alessandro

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

Decided May 7, 2001PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

—In a proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 6 and Domestic Relations Law § 72 for grandparent visitation, the petitioner maternal grandmother appeals from an order of the Family Court, Kings County (Grosvenor, J.), dated September 16, 1999, which, after a hearing, dismissed her petition for, inter alia, increased and overnight visitation.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.

The question of whether grandparent visitation should be granted, or in this case, increased to include overnight visits, rests within the sound discretion of the Family Court and…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Lo Presti v. Lo PrestiNew York Court of Appeals · 1976
  2. Higuchi v. BrownAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Decoursy v. PoplawskiAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2009
  2. Matter of Mary M. v. Tremaine L.M.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2017

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