Case Name: In the Matter of Susan B., Respondent, v. Charles M., Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2009-11-12
Citations: 67 A.D.3d 488
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Susan B., Respondent, v Charles M., Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 67
Pages: 488–489

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Susan B., Respondent, v Charles M., Appellant.
[889 NYS2d 143]

Opinion:
Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Diane Kiesel, J.), entered on or about April 24, 2008, which granted the mother's petition to modify a prior order governing respondent father's visitation of their child, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
The original order directed respondent not to consume alcohol while with the child. We defer to the more recent determination of the nisi prius court (see Eschbach v Eschbach, 56 NY2d 167, 173 [1982]), which was supported by the testimony of two police officers that respondent arrived at the designated location for exchange of the child in a state of intoxication. Such conduct constituted a change in circumstances warranting modification, in the child's best interests, to a more restrictive visitation schedule (see Matter of Kelley v VanDee, 61 AD3d 1281 [2009]). Concur—Gonzalez, EJ., Andrias, Saxe, Renwick and ManzanetDaniels, JJ.