Dowgiallo v. Williams
Opinion of the Court
Further, the Family Court providently exercised its discretion in dismissing, without a hearing, the father’s petition to modify an existing custody order so as to award him sole residential custody of the subject child. The father was required to make “some evidentiary showing sufficient to warrant a hearing” based upon a subsequent change of circumstances (Matter of Mennuti v Berry, 59 AD3d 625, 625 [2009]), “such that a modification is necessary to ensure the continued best interests and welfare of the child” (Matter of Leichter-Kessler v Kessler, 71 AD3d 1148, 1149 [2010]; see Matter of Jean v Washington, 71 AD3d 1145, 1146 [2010]), and the father failed to do so.
The father’s remaining contentions are not properly before this Court. Angiolillo, J.E, Florio, Belen and Roman, JJ., concur.
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