Legal Opinion
Kjellgren v. Kjellgren
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided September 24, 2001PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—In a matrimonial action in which the parties were divorced by judgment entered July 30, 1999, the father appeals from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Covello, J.), entered May 30, 2000, as denied that branch of his motion which was to change custody of the parties’ children.
Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.
Contrary to the father’s contention, the Supreme Court properly denied his motion to change custody of the parties’ children without conducting a hearing. A parent who seeks a . change of custody is not automatically entitled…
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