Legal Opinion
Mackey v. Mackey
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided October 4, 1999PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—In a visitation proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 6, the mother appeals from an order of the Family Court, Kings County (Staton, J.), dated August 27, 1998, which, upon a decision of the same court, also dated August 27, 1998, granted unsupervised visitation rights to the father.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs to the Law Guardian.
It is well settled that a noncustodial parent is entitled to meaningful visitation. Denial of that right is so drastic that it must be based on substantial evidence that visitation would be detrimental to the welfare of the child (see,…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- Koppenhoefer v. KoppenhoeferAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1990
- Thaxton v. MorroAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1995
- Vanderhoff v. VanderhoffAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994
- Bradley v. WrightAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1999
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