James v. Jeffries
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
In adjudicating custody and visitation rights, the most important factor to be considered is the best interests of the child (see Eschbach v Eschbach, 56 NY2d 167, 171 [1982]). “Supervised visitation is appropriately required only where it is established that unsupervised visitation would be detrimental to the child” (Matter of Bullinger v Costa, 63 AD3d 735, 735-736 [2009]). Generally, visitation should be determined after a full evidentiary hearing to determine the best interests of the child (see Matter of Riemma v Cascone, 74 AD3d 1082 [2010]; Matter of Pettiford-Brown v Brown, 42 AD3d…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Eschbach v. EschbachNew York Court of Appeals · 1982
- Bullinger v. CostaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2009
- Pettiford-Brown v. BrownAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2007
- Riemma v. CasconeAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2010
- Jave v. DanialAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2010
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