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Matter of Selca v. Selca

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Dec 13, 1999
267 A.D.2d 314 (N.Y. App. Div. 1999)

Opinion

Argued November 9, 1999

December 13, 1999

In a visitation proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 6, the father appeals from an order of the Family Court, Orange County (Bivona, J.), entered March 16, 1998, which, upon granting the mother's application made at the close of his case at the fact-finding hearing, dismissed the petition.

Darryl J. Dreyer, New Windsor, N.Y., for appellant.

Robert Marinelli, Brooklyn, N.Y., for respondent.

Mark Diamond, New York, N.Y., Law Guardian for the child.

DAVID S. RITTER, J.P., THOMAS R. SULLIVAN, GLORIA GOLDSTEIN, HOWARD MILLER, JJ.


DECISION ORDER

ORDERED that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.

While a parent's incarceration, standing alone, does not make visitation inappropriate (see, Matter of Wise v. Del Toro, 122 A.D.2d 714 ), the determination of the Family Court was appropriate here based on all of the circumstances of this case which demonstrate that visitation would be inimical to the welfare of the child (see, Matter of Davis v. Davis, 265 A.D.2d 552 [2d Dept., Oct. 25, 1999]).

RITTER, J.P., SULLIVAN, GOLDSTEIN, and H. MILLER, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Matter of Selca v. Selca

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Dec 13, 1999
267 A.D.2d 314 (N.Y. App. Div. 1999)
Case details for

Matter of Selca v. Selca

Case Details

Full title:In the Matter of ANTHONY SELCA, appellant, v. ANN KAREN SELCA, respondent

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department

Date published: Dec 13, 1999

Citations

267 A.D.2d 314 (N.Y. App. Div. 1999)
699 N.Y.S.2d 891

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