Legal Opinion
Vasquez v. Ortiz
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided October 26, 2010PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
In a child custody proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 6, the mother appeals from an order of the Family Court, Suffolk County (Budd, J.), dated October 19, 2009, which, after a hearing, granted the father’s petition to modify a prior order of the same court dated May 21, 2008, so as to award the father sole custody of the subject children, with visitation to her.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
To modify an existing custody or visitation order, there must be a showing that there has been a change in circumstances such that modification is…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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