Case Name: In the Matter of Joanne Johnson, Appellant, v. Marcine Howard, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2003-03-21
Citations: 303 A.D.2d 1005
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Joanne Johnson, Appellant, v Marcine Howard, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 303
Pages: 1005–1006

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Joanne Johnson, Appellant, v Marcine Howard, Respondent.
[756 NYS2d 804]

Opinion:
—Appeal from an order of Family Court, Erie County (Townsend, J.), entered October 19, 2001, which dismissed the petition seeking modification of a prior custody order.
It is hereby ordered that the order so appealed from be and the same hereby is unanimously affirmed without costs.
Memorandum: Family Court did not err in dismissing the petition seeking modification of a prior custody order without conducting a hearing. Petitioner failed to make a sufficient evidentiary showing to warrant a hearing (see Matter of Culpepper v Caldwell, 284 AD2d 946 [2001]; David W. v Julia W., 158 AD2d 1, 6-7 [1990]). Present — Pigott, Jr., P.J., Green, Wisner, Burns and Gorski, JJ.