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IN CONSIDERING A MOTION TO DISMISS A PETITON TO MODIFY CUSTODY TO ALLOW RELOCATION, FAMILY COURT MUST ACCEPT THE FACTS ALLEGED IN THE PETITION AS TRUE AND AFFORD PETITIONER EVERY FAVORABLE INFERENCE; MOTHER’S PETITION SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN DISMISSED WITHOUT A HEARING (THIRD DEPT).

The Third Department, reversing Family Court, determined mother’s petition for a modification of custody to allow her to relocate to New Jersey should not have been dismissed without a hearing:

“While not every petition in a Family Ct Act article 6 proceeding is automatically entitled to a hearing” … , an evidentiary hearing is generally “necessary and should be conducted unless the party seeking the modification fails to make a sufficient evidentiary showing to warrant a hearing or no hearing is requested and the court has sufficient information to undertake a comprehensive independent review of the child[]’s best interests” … . “In assessing whether the petitioner has alleged the requisite change in circumstances, so as to withstand a motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim, Family Court must liberally construe the petition, accept the facts alleged in the petition as true, afford the petitioner the benefit of every favorable inference and resolve all credibility questions in favor of the petitioner” … .

The change in circumstances alleged by the mother in her petition included, among other things, the child’s “strong desire to relocate” with the mother to New Jersey and a recent breakdown in the child’s relationship with the father. In concluding that these allegations were facially insufficient, Family Court failed to accept the mother’s allegations as true, afford her the benefit of every favorable inference and resolve credibility issues in her favor. Matter of Sarah OO. v Charles OO., 2021 NY Slip Op 05758, Third Dept 10-21-21

 

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