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IN THE MATTER OF JENNIFER WRIGHT, respondent, v. MARK LaROSE, appellant.

DECISION ORDER

ORDERED that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, without costs or disbursements.

The father contends that, upon sustaining his petition alleging that the mother had violated the consent order of custody and visitation, the Family Court improvidently exercised its discretion in denying his request for make-up visitation. We disagree. The Family Court has broad discretion in fashioning a remedy in matters of custody and visitation, with the paramount concern being the best interests of the child (see, Eschbach v. Eschbach, 56 N.Y.2d 167 ). In addition to testimony from the parties and police officers establishing violations by both parties, the evidence included a recommendation from a court-appointed psychologist that the father have no visitation, and an in camera interview with the child. Under the circumstances of this case, the court's determination not to direct additional visitation was in the child's best interests.

Contrary to the father's further contention, the Family Court's determination that he willfully violated the consent order of custody and visitation had a sound and substantial basis in the record (see, Eschbach v. Eschbach, supra; Koppenhoefer v. Koppenhoefer, 159 A.D.2d 113 ). The hearing evidence established that, on several occasions, he arrived for visitation and/or returned the child to the mother's home well after the hours specified in the visitation order.

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MATTER OF WRIGHT v. LaROSE
(Apr 20, 2000)