Messmer v. Alvarado

In a child custody proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 6, the father appeals, as limited by his brief, from so much of an order of the Family Court, Nassau County (Bennett, J.), dated March 4, 2010, as, upon the motion of the Attorney for the Child for a final custody order, and without a hearing, limited his communication with the subject child to two letters per month.

Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, without costs or disbursements.

Contrary to the father’s contention, the Family Court providently exercised its discretion in ordering, without a hearing,…