Case Name: In the Matter of Christopher P. Fowler, Appellant, v. Valerie M. VanGee, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2016-02-05
Citations: 136 A.D.3d 1320
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Christopher P. Fowler, Appellant, v Valerie M. VanGee, Respondent.
Judges: Present — Whalen, P.J., Smith, Centra, Carni and Scudder, JJ.
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 136
Pages: 1320–1320

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Christopher P. Fowler, Appellant, v Valerie M. VanGee, Respondent.
[24 NYS3d 564]

Opinion:
— Appeal from an order of the Family Court, Wayne County (Daniel G. Barrett, J.), entered December 16, 2014 in a proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 6. The order dismissed the petition.
It is hereby ordered that the order so appealed from is unanimously affirmed without costs.
Memorandum: Petitioner father appeals from an order dismissing his petition seeking to modify a prior order of visitation. Contrary to the father's contention, we conclude that Family Court did not abuse its discretion in dismissing his petition without conducting a hearing. A hearing is not required whenever a parent seeks modification of a visitation order and, here, the father "failed to make a sufficient evidentiary showing of a change in circumstances to require a hearing" (Matter of Consilio v Terrigino, 114 AD3d 1248, 1248 [2014] [internal quotation marks omitted]).
Present — Whalen, P.J., Smith, Centra, Carni and Scudder, JJ.