Winthrop v. Castellano

Marc Winthrop (the father) appeals from an order that substantially restricted his rights of contact with his thirteen-year-old daughter, Talia. We quash that part of the trial court’s order requiring the father’s in-person contact with the child to take place in a “therapeutic environment.” The record reflects that the trial court’s order was entered after a hearing in which the only matter to be addressed was Thanksgiving contact. As such, the trial court’s imposition of additional restrictions on the father’s right to in-person contact *1000with his daughter was violative of the father’s due…