Legal Opinion

Eckert v. Sommer

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

Decided June 24, 2002PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

—In related visitation proceedings pursuant to Family Court Act article 6, the mother appeals, as limited by her brief, from so much of an order of the Family Court, Orange County (Kiedaisch, J.), entered December 22, 1998, as, after a hearing, modified her visitation schedule.

Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, without costs or disbursements.

The determination of the Family Court, which observed the witnesses, is entitled to great deference and will not be disturbed unless it lacks a sound and substantial basis in the record (see Matter of Ford v Peele, 250 AD2d 767).…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Ford v. PeeleAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Alston v. CurtoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2003

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