MATTER OF CLIFFORD M.


280 A.D.2d 366 (2001)

720 N.Y.S.2d 345

In the Matter of CLIFFORD M., an Infant. GINA D., Appellant; HOWARD M., Respondent.

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

Decided February 15, 2001.


The Family Court erred in failing to hold a hearing to determine what was in the best interests of the infant (see, Mervis v Mervis, 123 A.D.2d 294). The court denied petitioner's application for a change in custody and granted the Law Guardian's application for a reduction in visitation without any inquiry or finding of facts. Thus, the matter must be remanded back to the Family Court for a hearing to determine the current status...

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