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Procedure Used by Family Court in Custody-Modification Proceeding Did Not Meet the Criteria for a Fact-Finding Hearing

The Third Department determined the proceeding Family Court used in a custody-modification proceeding did not meet the criteria for the required fact-finding hearing:

Family Court erred in failing to conduct a fact-finding hearing. The final appearance was not a true hearing; the parties should have been “afforded a full and fair opportunity to be heard” … . While Family Court stated at the outset of the August 2013 appearance that the matter was set for a hearing that day, the court then allowed each party to deliver a long, unsworn narrative comprised mostly of hearsay — as the court had permitted the parties to do at each previous appearance. After the parties had discussed their views of the situation for an extended time, they were asked to swear to the statements they had made, following which the court rendered a determination without any opportunity for the parties to avail themselves of the usual attributes of a hearing, including the opportunity to present opening and closing statements, to present any other evidence or to conduct cross-examination (see id.). Thus, the court erred in modifying the prior order without holding a fact-finding hearing … . Matter of McCullough v Harris, 2014 NY Slip Op 04984, 3rd Dept 7-3-14

 

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