Legal Opinion

In re Shannen Nicole O.

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

Decided December 11, 2012Published

1Opinion of the Court

The court’s order was a provident exercise of discretion (see Matter of Carl T. v Yajaira A.C., 95 AD3d 640, 641 [1st Dept 2012]). There was ample basis for the court’s determination that the circumstances had changed since the court’s prior visitation order suspending visitation, and that limited, supervised visitation between respondent and the child was in the child’s best interests (id. at 641-642). Indeed, at the time of the prior order, the child was unaware that she was a foster child and that respondent was her biological mother. Visits were suspended because respondent and the child…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Carl T. v. Yajaira A.C.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2012

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