Matter of Hillord v. Davis

Appeal from an order of the Family Court, Kings County (Marilyn Shafer, J.H.O.), dated October 17, 2013. The order dismissed, without a hearing, the father’s petition to modify a prior order of custody and visitation.

Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, without costs or disbursements, the petition is reinstated, and the matter is remitted to the Family Court, Kings County, for a hearing to determine whether a modification of the visitation schedule is in the best interests of the child.

The Family Court improperly dismissed the father’s petition to modify a prior order of custody…