DeNise v. DeNise

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York

DeNise v. DeNise

129 A.D.3d 1539, 11 N.Y.S.3d 369

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

DecidedJune 12, 2015

StatusPublished

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DeNise v. DeNise, 129 A.D.3d 1539, 11 N.Y.S.3d 369 (N.Y. Ct. App. 2015).

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Appeal from an order of the Family Court, Genesee County (Eric R. Adams, J.), entered March 17, 2014 in a proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 6. The order granted custody of the subject child to respondent.

It is hereby ordered that the order so appealed from is unanimously affirmed without costs.

Memorandum: Petitioner mother appeals from an order that, inter alia, awarded respondent father custody of the parties’ child. Contrary to the mother’s contention, “this proceeding [1540]*1540involves an initial court determination with respect to custody and, ‘[although the parties’ informal arrangement is a factor to be considered, [the father] is not required to prove a substantial change in circumstances in order to warrant a modification thereof ” (Matter of Thillman v Mayer, 85 AD3d 1624, 1625 [2011]). Affording great deference to Family Court’s assessment of witness credibility, we conclude that the court’s determination to award custody of the child to the father with liberal visitation to the mother is supported by a sound and substantial basis in the record (see Matter of Cross v Caswell, 113 AD3d 1107, 1107 [2014]; see generally Eschbach v Eschbach, 56 NY2d 167, 172-174 [1982]).

Present — Scudder, P.J., Centra, Peradotto, Lindley and Whalen, JJ.

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Appeal from an order of the Family Court, Genesee County (Eric R. Adams, J.), entered March 17, 2014 in a proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 6. The order granted custody of the subject child to respondent.

It is hereby ordered that the order so appealed from is unanimously affirmed without costs.

Memorandum: Petitioner mother appeals from an order that, inter alia, awarded respondent father custody of the parties’ child. Contrary to the mother’s contention, “this proceeding [1540]*1540involves an initial court determination with respect to custody and, ‘[although the parties’ informal arrangement is a factor to be considered, [the father] is not required to prove a substantial change in circumstances in order to warrant a modification thereof ” (Matter of Thillman v Mayer, 85 AD3d 1624, 1625 [2011]). Affording great deference to Family Court’s assessment of witness credibility, we conclude that the court’s determination to award custody of the child to the father with liberal visitation to the mother is supported by a sound and substantial basis in the record (see Matter of Cross v Caswell, 113 AD3d 1107, 1107 [2014]; see generally Eschbach v Eschbach, 56 NY2d 167, 172-174 [1982]).

Present — Scudder, P.J., Centra, Peradotto, Lindley and Whalen, JJ.

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