Legal Opinion
Ritz v. Otero
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided October 25, 1999PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—In a child visitation proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 6, the mother appeals from an order of the Family Court, Richmond County (Clark, J.), dated December 13, 1996, as amended December 20, 1996, which granted the father’s petition for unsupervised visitation with the child.
Ordered that the order, as amended, is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
The natural right of visitation jointly enjoyed by the noncustodial parent and the child is more precious than any property right (see, Resnick v Zoldan, 134 AD2d 246; Biamby v Biamby, 114 AD2d 830), and it may not be denied…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Daghir v. DaghirAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1981
- Resnick v. ZoldanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1987
- Kozak v. KozakAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1985
- Biamby v. BiambyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1985
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- Sportello v. SportelloAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2010
- Rivera v. FowlerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2013