Matter of Neil S. v. Valynda G.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York

Matter of Neil S. v. Valynda G.

132 A.D.3d 422, 17 N.Y.S.3d 290

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

DecidedOctober 6, 2015

Docket15773

StatusPublished

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Matter of Neil S. v. Valynda G., 132 A.D.3d 422, 17 N.Y.S.3d 290 (N.Y. Ct. App. 2015).

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Order, Family Court, New York County (Ivy I. Cook, Ref.), entered on or about April 3, 2012, which, inter alia, granted the petition to modify a prior custody order by awarding petitioner father sole custody of the subject child with bimonthly supervised visitation with respondent mother, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

A sound and substantial basis in the record exists for the court’s determination to modify the prior custody order to insure the child’s best interests (see Eschbach v Eschbach, 56 NY2d 167 [1982]; Matter of James Joseph M. v Rosana R., 32 AD3d 725 [1st Dept 2006], lv denied 7 NY3d 717 [2006]). The father sought custody of his young son after the child reported that he had been sexually and physically abused while in his mother’s care. The court properly considered the totality of the evidence, including a forensic report finding that the child could suffer significant emotional stress if returned to his mother, and the testimony of multiple witnesses that the father was ably meeting the child’s medical and educational needs. There is no basis to disturb the court’s assessment of the credibility of the witnesses and particularly of the character and temperament of the parents (see Matter of Irene O., 38 NY2d 776, 777 [1975]).

Concur — Gonzalez, P.J., Mazzarelli, Sweeny, Richter and Manzanet-Daniels, JJ.

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Order, Family Court, New York County (Ivy I. Cook, Ref.), entered on or about April 3, 2012, which, inter alia, granted the petition to modify a prior custody order by awarding petitioner father sole custody of the subject child with bimonthly supervised visitation with respondent mother, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

A sound and substantial basis in the record exists for the court’s determination to modify the prior custody order to insure the child’s best interests (see Eschbach v Eschbach, 56 NY2d 167 [1982]; Matter of James Joseph M. v Rosana R., 32 AD3d 725 [1st Dept 2006], lv denied 7 NY3d 717 [2006]). The father sought custody of his young son after the child reported that he had been sexually and physically abused while in his mother’s care. The court properly considered the totality of the evidence, including a forensic report finding that the child could suffer significant emotional stress if returned to his mother, and the testimony of multiple witnesses that the father was ably meeting the child’s medical and educational needs. There is no basis to disturb the court’s assessment of the credibility of the witnesses and particularly of the character and temperament of the parents (see Matter of Irene O., 38 NY2d 776, 777 [1975]).

Concur — Gonzalez, P.J., Mazzarelli, Sweeny, Richter and Manzanet-Daniels, JJ.

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