Weis v. Rivera
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
In a proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 6 for grandparent visitation, the mother and father appeal, as limited by their brief, from so much of an order of the Family Court, Suffolk County (Lynaugh, J.), entered September 12, 2005, as, after a hearing, granted the petition.
Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs or disbursements.
The Family Court providently exercised its discretion in declining to appoint a Law Guardian to represent the child (see Richard D. v Wendy P., 47 NY2d 943, 944-945 [1979]; Matter of Walker v Tollman, 256 AD2d 1021, 1022…
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