Matter of Shaquana Michelle M.-L. v. Leake & Watts

Order, Family Court, Bronx County (Linda Tally, J.), entered on or about October 20, 2015, which, following a hearing, denied petitioner mother’s motions and petitions for visitation and other contact with her children, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Family Court’s determination that it would not be in the children’s best interests to have visitation or any other form of contact with the mother has a sound and substantial basis in the record (Domestic Relations Law § 112-b [4]; Family Ct Act § 1055-a [b]), as she has exhibited irrational, unstable and often violent behavior (Matter of…