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FAMILY COURT DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH EVIDENCE TO WARRANT DENIAL OF MOTHER’S PETITION TO MODIFY CUSTODY, A HEARSAY LETTER FROM THE NYS OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES CHILD ABUSE AND MALTREATMENT REGISTER, FINDING CERTAIN ALLEGATIONS AGAINST FATHER TO BE UNFOUNDED, WAS INSUFFICIENT (FIRST DEPT). ​

The First Department, reversing Family Court, determined that Family Court did not have enough evidence before it to justify denying mother’s petition to modify custody. Family Court relied upon a hearsay letter from the NYS Office of Children and Family Services Child Abuse and Maltreatment Register to the effect that certain allegations against the father were unfounded or unsubstantiated:

First, the Family Court improperly denied the mother an opportunity to respond to the “unfounded” letter, which was hearsay. Moreover, although the father apparently had it in his possession for approximately two months, he did not provide it to her until the September 20 court appearance.

Second, * * * even if the “unsubstantiated” letter referred to the report made by the older child’s school social worker, that letter did not disprove the mother’s uncontroverted assertion that, both before and after that report was made, the children had expressed fear of and a desire not to visit with the father. …

Finally, to the extent that Family Court was making a determination that the parties’ child’s fear of his father was unfounded based on the “unsubstantiated” letter, and that modification was therefore not in the child’s best interests, this was error. Since this was the parties’ first appearance before this judge, the court did not have sufficient information about the parties and their child to make a comprehensive and independent determination about the child’s best interests … . Matter of Juliette S. v Tykym S., 2018 NY Slip Op 07960, First Dept 11-20-18

FAMILY LAW (FAMILY COURT DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH EVIDENCE TO WARRANT DENIAL OF MOTHER’S PETITION TO MODIFY CUSTODY, A HEARSAY LETTER FROM THE NYS OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES CHILD ABUSE AND MALTREATMENT REGISTER, FINDING CERTAIN ALLEGATIONS AGAINST FATHER TO BE UNFOUNDED, WAS INSUFFICIENT (FIRST DEPT))/EVIDENCE (FAMILY LAW, FAMILY COURT DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH EVIDENCE TO WARRANT DENIAL OF MOTHER’S PETITION TO MODIFY CUSTODY, A HEARSAY LETTER FROM THE NYS OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES CHILD ABUSE AND MALTREATMENT REGISTER, FINDING CERTAIN ALLEGATIONS AGAINST FATHER TO BE UNFOUNDED, WAS INSUFFICIENT (FIRST DEPT))/CUSTODY  (FAMILY COURT DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH EVIDENCE TO WARRANT DENIAL OF MOTHER’S PETITION TO MODIFY CUSTODY, A HEARSAY LETTER FROM THE NYS OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES CHILD ABUSE AND MALTREATMENT REGISTER, FINDING CERTAIN ALLEGATIONS AGAINST FATHER TO BE UNFOUNDED, WAS INSUFFICIENT (FIRST DEPT))/ABUSE (FAMILY COURT DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH EVIDENCE TO WARRANT DENIAL OF MOTHER’S PETITION TO MODIFY CUSTODY, A HEARSAY LETTER FROM THE NYS OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES CHILD ABUSE AND MALTREATMENT REGISTER, FINDING CERTAIN ALLEGATIONS AGAINST FATHER TO BE UNFOUNDED, WAS INSUFFICIENT (FIRST DEPT))/HEARSAY  (FAMILY COURT DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH EVIDENCE TO WARRANT DENIAL OF MOTHER’S PETITION TO MODIFY CUSTODY, A HEARSAY LETTER FROM THE NYS OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES CHILD ABUSE AND MALTREATMENT REGISTER, FINDING CERTAIN ALLEGATIONS AGAINST FATHER TO BE UNFOUNDED, WAS INSUFFICIENT (FIRST DEPT))

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