Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 2011

Peck-Barnett v. Barnett

Peck-Barnett v. Barnett
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided March 17, 2011
82 A.D.3d 540; 918 N.Y.2d 712
Peck-Barnett v. Barnett

Opinion of the Court

The court erred in ordering a radical change in custody via an interim order, without the benefit of a full evidentiary record (see Scotto v Scotto, 66 AD2d 839 [1978]). The propriety of the order has been undermined by the child’s improvement during the time the order was stayed by this Court pending this appeal. Proper resolution of the custody issue requires a prompt trial, at which a full evidentiary record is developed, so that the court is armed with the facts sufficient determine the. best interests of the child. Concur — Gonzalez, P.J., Friedman, Catterson, Renwick and Abdus-Salaam, JJ.

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