Legal Opinion

Avola v. Horning

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

Decided December 28, 2012PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Memorandum: Petitioner mother and the Attorney for the Child appeal from an order that dismissed the mother’s petition seeking to modify the prior joint custody order entered upon the parties’ stipulation by awarding her sole custody of the parties’ child. We affirm. ""[T]here is a sound and substantial basis in the record for Family Court’s determination that the mother failed to make the requisite evidentiary showing of a change in circumstances to warrant an inquiry into whether the best *1741interests of the subject child would be served by modifying the existing custody arrangement” (Matter…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Kerwin v. KerwinAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2007
  2. Marcantonio v. MarcantonioAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2003
  3. Chant v. FilippelliAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2000
  4. Wawrzynski v. GoodmanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2012
  5. Yaddow v. BiancoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2009

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Matter of Brookover v. HarrisAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2023
  2. Matter of Betts v. MooreAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2019
  3. Matter of William F.G. v. Lisa M.B.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2019

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