Legal Opinion

Lopez v. Infante

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

Decided October 21, 2008PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

a child custody proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 6, the mother appeals from an order of the Family Court, Nassau County (Eisman, J.), dated August 10, 2007, which, without a hearing, dismissed, with prejudice, her petition to modify a prior order, inter alia, awarding custody of two of the parties’ children to the father.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.

Where possible, custody should be established on a long term basis, “at least so long as the custodial parent has not been shown to be unfit, or perhaps less fit, to continue as the proper…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Obey v. DeglingNew York Court of Appeals · 1975
  2. Smoczkiewicz v. SmoczkiewiczAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2003
  3. McNally v. McNallyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2006
  4. Jackson v. JacksonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2006
  5. Bauman v. AbbateAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2008

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Salvatore v. SalvatoreAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2009
  2. Pappas v. KellsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2010
  3. Matter of Monasterska v. BurnsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2014
  4. Chieco v. FinnAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2009
  5. Baker v. DurhamAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2009

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