Shands v. Wooling
This text of 297 A.D.2d 348 (Shands v. Wooling) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
Opinion
The Family Court improvidently exercised its discretion in awarding custody of the child to the father without conducting a factual hearing to determine the fundamental issue of the [349]*349best interests of the child (see Matter of Bowen v Roberts, 292 AD2d 380; Matter of Klang v Klang, 235 AD2d 476). Ritter, J.P., Feuerstein, Adams and Rivera, JJ., concur.
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297 A.D.2d 348, 746 N.Y.2d 398, 746 N.Y.S.2d 398, 2002 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 7980, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/shands-v-wooling-nyappdiv-2002.