Morales v. Bruno
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
In a proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 6, the father appeals from an order of the Family Court, Kings County (Elkins, J.), dated April 23, 2005, which, after a fact-finding hearing, denied his petition to modify an order of the same court (Turbow, J.), dated May 17, 2001, inter alia, permitting contact with his children only by mail.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
£‘[T]he determination of visitation is within the sound discretion of the hearing court based upon the best interests of the child (see Friederwitzer v Friederwitzer, 55 NY2d 89…
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