Case Name: In the Matter of Gay M. D., Appellant, v. Gary M. D., Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1994-09-30
Citations: 207 A.D.2d 1024
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Gay M. D., Appellant, v Gary M. D., Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 207
Pages: 1024–1025

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Gay M. D., Appellant, v Gary M. D., Respondent.
[617 NYS2d 698]

Opinion:
—Order unanimously affirmed without costs. Memorandum: Family Court's determination awarding respondent unsupervised visitation with the parties' child has a sound and substantial basis in the record and should not be disturbed. Visitation is a joint right of a noncustodial parent and the child (Weiss v Weiss, 52 NY2d 170, 175). The court properly concluded that unsupervised visitation by respondent is not inimical to the welfare of the child but rather is in the child's best interests (see, Twersky v Twersky, 103 AD2d 775, 775-776; Daghir v Daghir, 82 AD2d 191, 193-194, affd 56 NY2d 938; see also, Matter of Gerald D. v Lucille S., 188 AD2d 650, 650-651). (Appeal from Order of Onondaga County Family Court, Hedges, J.—Visitation.) Present—Denman, P. J., Pine, Balio, Callahan and Davis, JJ.