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FATHER ALLEGED CHANGES IN HIS WORK SCHEDULE ALLOWED MORE TIME FOR PARENTAL ACCESS WITH THE CHILD; A HEARING SHOULD HAVE BEEN ORDERED ON FATHER’S MODIFICATION PETITION (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department, reversing Family Court, determined father had submitted sufficient evidence to warrant a hearing on his petition to modify the custody or parental access arrangement:

… [F]ather stated that his probationary employment period had since ended, and his schedule was more consistent, and he was off from work on Saturdays and Sundays. Given this change, the father sought expanded parental access with the child. …

Entitlement to a hearing on a modification petition … is not automatic; the petitioning parent must make a threshold evidentiary showing of a change in circumstances demonstrating a need for modification in order to insure the child’s best interests … . Requiring parents to make this threshold showing before a hearing is ordered serves an important purpose because … litigation of custody and visitation issues is emotionally fraught and “can create trauma and uncertainty for the child, as well as trauma, uncertainty, and expense for the parents” … .

… Family Court improperly dismissed the father’s petition. … [T]he father’s assertions, which were supported by the requisite threshold evidentiary showing, warranted a hearing to resolve whether the existing parental access arrangement continued to serve the child’s best interests … . Matter of LaPera v Restivo, 2022 NY Slip Op 00863, Second Dept 2-9-22

 

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