Legal Opinion
Farran v. Fenner
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided April 24, 2012PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
In a child custody and visitation proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 6, the mother appeals from an order of the Family Court, Kings County (Sheares, J.), dated January 10, 2011, which, after a hearing, granted the father’s petition to modify a prior order of custody and visitation dated January 4, 2005, so as to award him sole custody of the child with certain visitation to the mother.
Ordered that the order dated January 10, 2011, is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
To modify an existing custody arrangement, there must be a showing of a change in circumstances such that…
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