Gant v. Higgins
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
—Order, Family Court, Bronx County (Paul A. Grosvenor, J.) entered April 15, 1993, which dismissed petitioner’s petition for change of custody of the parties’ son, unanimously reversed, on the law, and the *24matter remanded for a new hearing before a Judge other than the one who heretofore presided, without costs.
Upon a proper evidentiary showing on a petition for a change of custody (see, David W. v Julia W., 158 AD2d 1), the court must conduct a full and comprehensive hearing (Matter of Zupo v Edwards, 161 AD2d 972; Venzer v Venzer, 144 AD2d 552) and determine whether the totality of the…
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