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INCARCERATED FATHER SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN AWARDED IN-PERSON VISITATION WITH HIS SON ONCE EVERY SIX MONTHS; FATHER HAD STABBED MOTHER WHILE SHE WAS HOLDING THE CHILD AND FATHER HAD HARASSED MOTHER DURING PERMITTED PHONE CALLS (FIRST DEPT).

The First Department, reversing Family Court, determined the award of in-person visitation by the child with the incarcerated father once every six months was not supported by the record:

Visitation with a noncustodial parent, including an incarcerated parent, is generally presumed to be in the best interests of the child … . However, that presumption is rebuttable, and “a demonstration that such visitation would be harmful to the child will justify denying such a request” … .

Here, the evidence was sufficient to overcome the presumption in favor of visitation. The father is incarcerated in connection with his conviction for robbing and stabbing the mother while she was holding their child in her arms. The record indicates that the father has been incarcerated for most of the child’s life and that the father has had no meaningful relationship with the child … . … [T]he now five-year-old child would have to travel several hours each way to visit the prison at which the father is incarcerated, and the child is not comfortable being in a car or being away from her mother for an extended period … .

… [M]other testified that the father has used his permitted phone-calls with the child to harass the mother, despite her order of protection against him … . The position advocated by the attorney for the child was also entitled to serious consideration and supports modification of the court’s order … . Matter of Leroy W. (Shanequa W.), 2024 NY Slip Op 03238, First Dept 6-13-24

Practice Point: Here the presumption incarcerated father was entitled to in-person visitation with his son was rebutted.

 

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