In re Jessica R.

Although I concur in the result, I disagree with the majority’s conclusion that the court improvidently exercised its discretion in suspending the paternal grandparents’ visitation with Jessica pending a hearing and determination of the abuse proceeding against her father.

In November 1988 the paternal grandparents, by writ of habeas corpus, petitioned the Supreme Court, Westchester County, for the right to visit their granddaughter, Jessica, then four years old, pursuant to Domestic Relations Law § 72. Jessica’s parents are parties to a matrimonial action for divorce and ancillary relief. In…