MATTER OF GRAVES v. SMITH


264 A.D.2d 844 (1999)

696 N.Y.S.2d 181

In the Matter of VALERIE GRAVES, Respondent, v. JAHA SMITH, Appellant.

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

Decided September 27, 1999.


Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law and the facts, without costs or disbursements, and the visitation schedule contained in the order dated March 2, 1993, is reinstated.

We agree with the father that the Family Court erred in conditioning unsupervised visits upon the father obtaining therapy. While the Family Court may order a parent or child to be examined by a psychiatrist and may consider the report before arriving at its judgment as to custody and/or...

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