Lynch v. Velella

In related custody and visitation proceedings pursuant to Family Court Act article 6, the mother appeals from an order of the Family Court, Westchester County (Klein, J.), entered August 9, 2010, which, after a hearing, inter alia, granted the father’s petition for sole custody of the child.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, with one bill of costs.

“To modify an existing custody arrangement, there must be a showing of a change of circumstances such that modification is required to protect the best interests of the child,” based on “the totality of the circumstances” (Matter of Bonthu v…