Legal Opinion
Jones v. Scaldini
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided April 14, 1997PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
In a child custody proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 6, the father appeals, by permission, from an order of the Family Court, *423Kings County (Schechter, J.), dated December 16, 1996, which granted the mother’s application for an award of temporary custody of the parties’ son.
Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, with costs, and the mother’s application for an award of temporary custody is denied.
The father has had sole custody of the parties’ son since 1989. Based on the son’s expressed desire to live with her, the mother commenced this proceeding to change custody. The…
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- Senior v. SeniorAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989
- Savas v. SavasAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1987
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