Legal Opinion

Connelly v. Velez

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

Decided November 12, 1996Published

1Opinion of the Court

In a proceeding for visitation pursuant to Family Court Act article 6, the mother appeals from an order of the Family Court, Nassau County (Decker, J.), dated September 19, 1995, which, after a hearing, granted the father unsupervised visitation with the subject child.

*393Ordered that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.

Upon a review of the hearing testimony, we agree with the Family Court that there is no indication that unsupervised visitation by the natural father poses any risk to the child, or that such visitation is against the best interests of the child (see, Matter of…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Koppenhoefer v. KoppenhoeferAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1990
  2. Gerald D. v. Lucille S.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1992
  3. Kilstein v. MacDowellAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1996

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