New York Divorce Report - New York's Divorce and Family Law Blog

I am back to blogging after a short break during my summer vacation. While I was away, the Appellate Division in the case Karr v. Black, denied a grandparent visitation with her grandchild. The Court upheld a lower court’s finding that an intact family’s’ refusal to permit a mentally ill grandmother to have visitation with their child was sound; because the grandmother had no relationship with the child, there was no need for further inquiry to determine whether visitation would be in the best interest of the child. In deciding this case, the court engaged in an extensive discussion of... More