Legal Opinion
Smith v. Smith
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided July 3, 1997PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Order unanimously affirmed without costs. Memorandum: In this child custody proceeding, the determination of Family Court, “ ‘based upon a first-hand assessment of the credibility of the witnesses after an evidentiary hearing, is entitled to great weight and will not be set aside unless it lacks an evidentiary basis in the record’ ” (Matter of Hill v Rogers, 213 AD2d 1079). In our view, the record supports the court’s determination that “the best interests of the children warrant their residence with different parents (see, Matter of Bilodeau v Bilodeau, 161 AD2d 906; Wurm v Wurm, 87 AD2d…
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- Hill v. RogersAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1995
- Perez v. PerezAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997
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