MATTER OF SCOTT W. v. KRIZZIA G.

Docket Nos. V-18606-17, V-19053-17. Appeal No. 13745-13746. Case Nos. 2020-00528, 2019-05434.

194 A.D.3d 406 (2021)

143 N.Y.S.3d 202

2021 NY Slip Op 02741

In the Matter of Scott W., Appellant, v. Krizzia G., Respondent.

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

Decided May 4, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Law Office of Lewis S. Calderon, Jamaica ( Lewis S. Calderon of counsel), for appellant.

Steven P. Forbes , Huntington, for respondent.

Karen Freedman , Lawyers for Children, Inc., New York ( Shirim Nothenberg of counsel), attorney for the child.

Concur—Acosta, P.J., Manzanet-Daniels, Moulton, Scarpulla, JJ.


The record does not provide a sound basis for the grant of sole decision-making authority over the child's medical and dental care to the father. In light of the child's substantial and continuing behavioral issues in school and the resulting overlap between educational and medical issues, it makes better sense to have the mother in charge of both areas (see Rubin v Della Salla, 107 A.D.3d 60

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