Legal Opinion

Matter of Covington v. Ray

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

Decided July 8, 2015No. 2014-06479PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

Appeals from two orders of the Family Court, Queens County (John M. Hunt, J.), both dated June 24, 2014. The orders, one as to each of the parties’ two children, insofar as appealed from, after a hearing, granted that branch of the father’s petition which was for physical custody of the children, and denied that branch of the mother’s petition which was for physical custody of the children.

Ordered that the orders are affirmed, without costs or disbursements.

To warrant modification of an existing custody order, there must be a showing of a change in circumstances, such that the modification is…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Eschbach v. EschbachNew York Court of Appeals · 1982
  2. Cortez v. CortezAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2013
  3. Matter of Guiracocha v. AmaroAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2014
  4. Matter of Lombardi v. ValentiAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2014
  5. Murphy v. LewisAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2013

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Matter of Lopez v. AlvarezAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2015

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