Legal Question in Family Law in New York

Re: Child Custody/Visitation

You need to provide more details about the situation, particularly the divorce judgment, in order to get an accurate response to your question. Generally, before the Court will entertain a petition to modify the custody order in effect, it will have to find that there was a significant and unanticipated change in circumstances since the (stipulated?) custody arrangement was ordered. Without such a showing, the Court may not properly even consider the allegations or opinions of the psychologist. Feel free to call me to discuss your case in further detail.

Re: Child Custody/Visitation

You will need to consult an attorney in your area to determine what will be necessary to accomplish a change in visitation. Absent a clear showing that continued visitation under the current arrangement is detrimental to the child the court is reluctant to change or eliminate visitation. A trained professional's opinion on the record would most likely get the court to order a forensic evaluation or an investigation by a law guardian.

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