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Sole Custody to Mother Appropriate Because Voluntary Joint Custody No Longer Working

In affirming the grant of sole custody to the mother (in the face of a voluntary agreement of joint custody) because the parties’ relationship had deteriorated, the Third Department wrote:

Initially, “[w]here a voluntary agreement of joint custody is entered into, it will not  be  set aside unless there is a sufficient change in circumstances since the time of the stipulation and unless the modification of the custody agreement is in the best interests of the [child]…, and “an order entered on consent, without a plenary hearing, is entitled to less weight” ….”[A] sufficient change [in] circumstances can be established where  . . . the relationship between  joint custodial parents deteriorates ‘to the point where they simply cannot work together in a cooperative fashion for the good of their children'” … .  Matter of Youngs v Olsen, 514669, 3rd Dept, 5-2-13

 

 

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