Legal Opinion
Kachelhofer v. Wasiak
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided August 2, 2004PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
In a child custody and visitation proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 6, the mother appeals from so much of an order of the Family Court, Queens County (Clark, J.), dated April 4, 2003, as granted the father supervised visitation with the parties’ child.
Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, without costs or disbursements.
“A noncustodial parent is entitled to meaningful visitation. Denial of that right is so drastic that it must be based on substantial evidence that visitation would be detrimental to the welfare of the child” (Matter of Bradley v Wright, 260…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Friederwitzer v. FriederwitzerNew York Court of Appeals · 1982
- Koppenhoefer v. KoppenhoeferAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1990
- Vanderhoff v. VanderhoffAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994
- Bradley v. WrightAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1999
- MacEwen v. MacEwenAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1995
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