Legal Opinion

In re Ciara B.

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

Decided June 13, 2012Published

1Opinion of the Court

In a proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 10, the father appeals from an order of the Family Court, Queens County (McGowan, J.), dated April 12, 2011, which, without a hearing, in effect, modified an interim visitation order of the same court dated December 7, 2009, so as to direct that the father have only supervised visitation with the subject child.

*834Ordered that the order dated April 12, 2011, is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.

“In adjudicating custody and visitation rights, the most important factor to be considered is the best interests of the child” (Matter of Awan v…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Eschbach v. EschbachNew York Court of Appeals · 1982
  2. Hom v. ZulloAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2004
  3. Perez v. SepulvedaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2008
  4. Awan v. AwanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2009
  5. Powell v. BlumenthalAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2006

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