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FATHER’S RIGHT TO FILE FUTURE PETITIONS FOR MODIFICATION OF CUSTODY SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN CONDITIONED ON MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT; RATHER THE TREATMENT SHOULD BE A CONDITION FOR SUPERVISED VISITATION (FOURTH DEPT).

The Fourth Department noted that father’s right to file future modification-of-custody petitions should not have been conditioned upon mental health treatment:

“It is well established that a court lacks authority to condition any future application for modification of a parent’s [custody or] visitation on [that parent’s] participation in mental health treatment” … . We therefore modify the order … by striking the provision requiring that the father submit proof that he is engaged in and compliant with mental health counseling with a psychiatrist as a prerequisite to filing a modification petition and providing instead that the father comply with that condition as a component of supervised visitation … . Matter of Shakema R. v Mesha B., 2025 NY Slip Op 01512, Fourth Dept 3-14-25

Practice Point: It is not OK for a judge to condition a party’s ability to file future petitions for modification of custody upon mental health treatment. However treatment can be made a condition for supervised visitation.

 

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