Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 2002

Shands v. Wooling

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided August 19, 2002

297 A.D.2d 348; 746 N.Y.2d 398; 746 N.Y.S.2d 398; 2002 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 7980

Cases that cite this one

1 later published case cites this decision.

Ling Da Chen v. Yue Hua Zhou (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 2007)

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Opinion of the Court

The Family Court improvidently exercised its discretion in awarding custody of the child to the father without conducting a factual hearing to determine the fundamental issue of the *349best interests of the child (see Matter of Bowen v Roberts, 292 AD2d 380; Matter of Klang v Klang, 235 AD2d 476). Ritter, J.P., Feuerstein, Adams and Rivera, JJ., concur.

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