Opinion
March 13, 1989
Appeal from the Family Court, Suffolk County (Snellenberg, J.).
Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, without costs or disbursements.
Contrary to the mother's contention, the Family Court properly exercised its discretion in ordering supervised, conditional visitation by the father. It is well established that a parent may not be deprived of his or her right to reasonable and meaningful access to the child, unless exceptional circumstances have been presented to the court (Daghir v. Daghir, 82 A.D.2d 191, affd 56 N.Y.2d 938).
The record is barren of any evidence demonstrating that the father should not be granted access to his child. There is no indication that the father suffers from emotional or mental problems, or ever caused harm to come to the infant child (cf., Shulman v. Shulman, 117 A.D.2d 732; Rubin v. Rubin, 95 A.D.2d 851). Accordingly, the best interests of the child were considered, and the order of visitation was proper (Weiss v. Weiss, 52 N.Y.2d 170).
We have considered the mother's remaining contentions and find them to be without merit. Mangano, J.P., Bracken, Spatt and Balletta, JJ., concur.