Legal Opinion

Ford v. Peele

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided May 18, 1998PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

—In a child visitation proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 6, the mother appeals from an order of the Family Court, Richmond County (Clark, J.), dated August 29, 1996, which, after a hearing, granted the father unsupervised visitation with the subject children.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.

In adjudicating custody and visitation rights, the most important factor to be considered is the best interests of the children in view of all of the circumstances (see, e.g., Friederwitzer v Friederwitzer, 55 NY2d 89, 95-96; Matter of Cline v Cline, 229 AD2d…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Eschbach v. EschbachNew York Court of Appeals · 1982
  2. Friederwitzer v. FriederwitzerNew York Court of Appeals · 1982
  3. Weiss v. WeissNew York Court of Appeals · 1981
  4. In re Darlene T.New York Court of Appeals · 1971
  5. Resnick v. ZoldanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1987

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Minas v. ShevlinAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998
  2. McLean v. BellAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2006
  3. Eckert v. SommerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2002

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