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WHERE RELEVANT FACTS ARE IN DISPUTE IN A CUSTODY MATTER, A HEARING IS REQUIRED; MATTER REMITTED (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department, reversing Family Court in this custody proceeding and remitting the matter for a hearing, noted that a custody ruling should only rarely be issued in the absence of a hearing:

“Custody and parental access determinations should ‘[g]enerally be made only after a full and plenary hearing and inquiry'” … . “This general rule furthers the substantial interest, shared by the State, the children, and the parents, in ensuring that custody proceedings generate a just and enduring result that, above all else, serves the best interest of a child” … . “While the general right to a hearing in custody and visitation cases is not absolute, where ‘facts material to the best interest analysis, and the circumstances surrounding such facts, remain in dispute,’ a hearing is required” … . “[A] court opting to forgo a plenary hearing must take care to clearly articulate which factors were—or were not—material to its determination, and the evidence supporting its decision” … . Matter of Horoshko v Pasieshvili, 2025 NY Slip Op 03064, Second Dept 5-21-25

Practice Point: Although there is no hard and fast rule that a custody matter requires a hearing before a ruling, whenever relevant facts are in dispute, a hearing is necessary.

 

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