Johnson v. Howard
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Opinion
—Appeal from an order of Family Court, Erie County (Townsend, J.), entered October 19, 2001, which dismissed the petition seeking modification of a prior custody order.
It is hereby ordered that the order so appealed from be and the same hereby is unanimously affirmed without costs.
Memorandum: Family Court did not err in dismissing the [1006]*1006petition seeking modification of a prior custody order without conducting a hearing. Petitioner failed to make a sufficient evidentiary showing to warrant a hearing (see Matter of Culpepper v Caldwell, 284 AD2d 946 [2001]; David W. v Julia W., 158 AD2d 1, 6-7 [1990]). Present — Pigott, Jr., P.J., Green, Wisner, Burns and Gorski, JJ.
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303 A.D.2d 1005, 756 N.Y.S.2d 804, 2003 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 3008, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/johnson-v-howard-nyappdiv-2003.