Legal Opinion

In re Reece R.

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

Decided November 9, 2011Published

1Opinion of the Court

In light of the respective positions of the parties in the guardianship proceeding and the evidence presented at the hearing, the Family Court properly granted the petition for guardianship (cf. Family Ct Act §§ 661, 1089-a).

The Family Court providently exercised its discretion in determining that, initially, the mother’s visitation with the subject child should be supervised (see Matter of Pope v Pope, 12 AD3d 516 [2004]; Matter of Kachelhofer v Wasiak, 10 AD3d 366 [2004]; Matter of Amanda H. v Paul Robert W., 251 AD2d 578 [1998]).

The mother’s remaining contentions are without merit. Mastro,…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Kachelhofer v. WasiakAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2004
  2. Amanda H. v. Paul Robert W.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998
  3. Pope v. PopeAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2004

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