IN THE MATTER OF DATES v. MUNDT


4 A.D.3d 639 (2004)

771 N.Y.S.2d 740

In the Matter of SHAWN DATES, Appellant, v. SHANIKA L. MUNDT, Respondent. (Proceeding No. 1.)

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

February 19, 2004.


In November 2002, while imprisoned at the Collins Correctional Facility in Erie County, Shawn Dates (hereinafter the father) filed a petition for joint custody of his child. Jean L. Mundt (hereinafter the grandmother) has been the child's primary caregiver since birth. In January 2003, the grandmother also filed a petition for custody. The custody petitions were heard together in Family Court, with the father participating through video conferencing. After interviewing the...

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