Legal Opinion
Matter of Williams v. Davis
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided July 30, 2014No. 2013-08374PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
In a child custody proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 6, the father appeals from an order of the Family Court, Orange County (Woods, J.), dated July 24, 2013, which dismissed the petition on the ground of lack of jurisdiction.
Ordered that the order is reversed, on the facts and in the exercise of discretion, without costs or disbursements, the petition is reinstated, and the matter is remitted to the Family Court, Orange County, for further proceedings consistent herewith.
The Family Court improvidently exercised its discretion in summarily determining, without a hearing, that it…
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