MATTER OF RODRIGUEZ v. MEDINA


277 A.D.2d 144 (2000)

717 N.Y.S.2d 110

In the Matter of ISMAIL RODRIGUEZ, Appellant, v. IRMA R. MEDINA, Respondent.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

Decided November 28, 2000.


Family Court dismissed the petition for visitation in August 1996 on the grounds that petitioner had not exercised his visitation rights since June 1996 and was disingenuous in representing that his work prevented him from complying with the summer visitation schedule. This is not a proper basis on which to determine visitation rights. The denial of visitation to a natural parent is a drastic remedy that should be imposed only where there are compelling reasons and substantial...

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