Case Name: Abbas Ispahani, Appellant, v. Martha Ispahani, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2000-11-13
Citations: 277 A.D.2d 1057
Docket Number: 
Parties: Abbas Ispahani, Appellant, v Martha Ispahani, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 277
Pages: 1057–1058

Head Matter:
Abbas Ispahani, Appellant, v Martha Ispahani, Respondent.
[715 NYS2d 353]

Opinion:
—Order unanimously reversed on the law without costs and matter remitted to Supreme Court for further proceedings in accordance with the following Memo randum: We agree with plaintiff that Supreme Court erred in modifying a prior custody order and awarding custody of the parties' son to defendant without conducting an evidentiary hearing (see, Matter of Naughton-General v Naughton, 242 AD2d 937, 938). Consequently, we reverse the order and remit the matter to Supreme Court to conduct an evidentiary hearing on defendant's motion. (Appeal from Order of Supreme Court, Onondaga County, Townes, J. — Custody.) Present— Pigott, Jr., P. J., Hurlbutt, Balio and Lawton, JJ.