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IN THIS MODIFICATION OF CUSTODY PROCEEDING, FATHER PRESENTED SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE OF A CHANGE OF CIRCUMSTANCES TO WARRANT A HEARING ON THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE CHILD (FOURTH DEPT).

The Fourth Department, reversing Family Court, determined respondent-father had presented sufficient evidence of a change in circumstances to warrant a hearing on the best interests of the child:

Where … ” ‘a respondent moves to dismiss a modification proceeding at the conclusion of the petitioner’s proof, the court must accept as true the petitioner’s proof and afford the petitioner every favorable inference that reasonably could be drawn therefrom’ ” … . Here, the father testified that, at the time the order of custody and visitation was entered into and for a short time thereafter, the mother and the father were communicating effectively and, in addition to scheduled visitation, were able to agree to further overnight and weekend visitation. That arrangement subsequently changed, however, and the father could not get the mother to agree to any visitation time apart from his scheduled day. The father further testified that communication with the mother regarding additional visitation time essentially ended after he moved to a new home 30 miles away. Taking the father’s testimony as true and considering the circumstances of the father’s move and the development of “extreme acrimony between the parties,” we conclude that the father met his burden of showing a change in circumstances warranting an inquiry into the best interests of the child … . Matter of Cooley v Roloson, 2022 NY Slip Op 00534, Fourth Dept 1-28-22

 

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