MATTER OF WELLS v. VAN COUTREN


200 A.D.2d 577 (1994)

606 N.Y.S.2d 295

In the Matter John Wells, Appellant, v. Theresa Van Coutren, Respondent

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Second Department.

January 10, 1994


Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, without costs or disbursements, and the matter is remitted to the Supreme Court, Suffolk County, for a hearing on the issue of custody.

In this custody proceeding, the petitioner paternal grandfather seeks custody of his three grandchildren from the respondent, the children's natural mother. From 1988 until May 1991 the mother had custody of the three children, who were all born and raised in Pennsylvania. However, in...

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