Matter of Hawkins v. Strong

Appeal by the mother from an order of the Family Court, Suffolk County (Martha L. Luft, J.), dated September 22, 2015. The order, insofar as appealed from, after a fact-finding hearing, granted the father’s petition to modify a child custody order dated September 5, 2012, so as to award him residential custody of the parties’ children.

Ordered that the order dated September 22, 2015, is affirmed insofar as appealed from, without costs or disbursements.

Modification of an existing custody order is permissible only upon a showing that there has been a change in circumstances to the extent that…