MATTER OF GUINTA v. DOXTATOR


20 A.D.3d 47 (2005)

794 N.Y.S.2d 516

In the Matter of MICHAEL A. GUINTA et al., Appellants, v. BRIDGET S. DOXTATOR et al., Respondents.

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

April 29, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Scott Porter, Syracuse, for appellants.

Frank H. Hiscock Legal Aid Society, Syracuse (Robert P. Rickert of counsel), for respondents.

Daniel F. Mathews, III, Law Guardian, Syracuse, for infant.

GREEN, J.P., SCUDDER, GORSKI and MARTOCHE, JJ., concur.


OPINION OF THE COURT

PINE, J.

This appeal requires us to determine whether, in a custody dispute between parents and nonparents, a court that has previously found extraordinary circumstances and awarded joint custody to the parties may, upon petitions from both parties seeking sole custody based on a change of circumstances and the best interests of the child, revisit the issue of extraordinary circumstances...

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