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MOTHER PRESENTED SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE OF A CHANGE IN CIRCUMSTANCES TO JUSTIFY AWARDING HER SOLE CUSTODY OF THE CHILDREN (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department, reversing Family Court, determined there was sufficient evidence of a change of circumstances to award mother sole custody of the children:

… [T]he Family Court’s determination, in effect, that there had been no change in circumstances requiring a transfer of legal custody to the mother and a modification of the father’s parental access lacks a sound and substantial basis in the record … . The record reflects that the children’s relationship with the father has deteriorated since the issuance of the custody order … , that the father had threatened to strike the children with a belt, and that the father denigrated the mother in the presence of the children … . Moreover, the children, who were 11 and 13 years old at the time of the hearing, indicated a strong preference to reside with the mother … . Matter of Georgiou-Ely v Ely, 2020 NY Slip Op 02049, Second Dept 3-25-20

 

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