Legal Opinion

Bennett v. Schultz

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided October 9, 2013PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

In a child custody proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 6, the mother appeals, as limited by her brief, from so much of an order of the Family Court, Suffolk County (Burke, Ct. Atty. Ref.), dated December 18, 2012, as, after a hearing, granted the father’s petition to modify a prior order of the same court dated August 3, 2009, so as to award him sole legal and physical custody of the subject child.

*793Ordered that the order dated December 18, 2012, is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.

Modification of an existing custody arrangement is permissible only upon a showing that…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Eschbach v. EschbachNew York Court of Appeals · 1982
  2. Entwistle v. EntwistleAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1978
  3. Said v. SaidAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2009
  4. Sidorowicz v. SidorowiczAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2012
  5. Lawlor v. EderAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2013

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3Cited by8 opinions

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  3. Matter of Montoya v. DavisAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2017
  4. Harris v. HarrisAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2013
  5. Matter of Halioris (Halioris)Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2015

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