IN THE MATTER OF SHEHATA v. SHEHATA


31 A.D.3d 773 (2006)

818 N.Y.S.2d 623

In the Matter of JIM SHEHATA, Respondent, v. ELIZABETH SHEHATA, Appellant.

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

July 25, 2006.


Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs to the respondent.

A modification of an existing custody arrangement should be allowed only upon a showing of a sufficient change in circumstances demonstrating a real need for a change in order to insure the child's best interests (see Matter of McCauliffe v Peace, 176 A.D.2d 382, 383 [1991]; see also Matter of Rawlins v

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