Legal Opinion

Smith v. Dawn F.B.

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

Decided October 4, 2011PublishedCited by 23 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

“[T]he determination of visitation is within the sound discretion of the trial court based upon the best interests of the child, and its determination will not be set aside unless it lacks a sound and substantial basis in the record” (Matter of Lane v Lane, 68 AD3d 995, 997 [2009]; see Matter of Thomas v Thomas, 35 AD3d 868, 869 [2006]; Matter of Herrera v O’Neill, 20 AD3d 422, 423 [2005]; Jordan v Jordan, 8 AD3d 444, 445 [2004]; Maloney v Maloney, 208 AD2d 603 [1994]).

Here, the Family Court’s determination that it was in the *730child’s best interests to suspend supervised visitation and…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Thompson v. Yu-ThompsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2007
  2. Lane v. LaneAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2009
  3. Maloney v. MaloneyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994
  4. Jordan v. JordanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2004
  5. Zafran v. ZafranAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2006

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3Cited by23 opinions

  1. Ruple v. HarkenreaderAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2012
  2. Torres v. OjedaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2013
  3. Matter of Fekete-Markovits v. MarkovitsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2016
  4. Matter of Ottaviano v. IppolitoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2015
  5. Matter of Brianna B. (Jennifer I.)Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2016

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