KESSLER v. CHARNEY

305890/13, Appeal No. 16114, Case No. 2021-03379.

206 A.D.3d 450 (2022)

167 N.Y.S.3d 793

2022 NY Slip Op 03797

Hollis Kessler, Respondent, v. Robert H. Charney, Appellant.

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

Decided June 9, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bressler, Amery & Ross, P.C., New York ( David H. Pikus of counsel), for appellant.

Rower LLC, New York ( Kara M. Bellew of counsel), for respondent.

Concur—Kapnick, J.P., Mazzarelli, Gesmer, Shulman, Rodriguez, JJ.


Supreme Court providently exercised its discretion in determining the mother's motion to relocate with the child without holding a hearing, appointing an attorney for the child, or ordering a forensic examination. Supreme Court, which was operating under time constraints imposed by the imminent start of the school year, had sufficient, uncontroverted information before it from the parents' motion papers to make an informed decision regarding the child's best interests (

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