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S.L. v. J.R.

No. 93

27 N.Y.3d 558 (2016)

56 N.E.3d 193

36 N.Y.S.3d 411

2016 NY Slip Op 04442

S.L., Appellant, v. J.R., Respondent.

Court of Appeals of New York.

Decided June 9, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Law Offices of Harold R. Burke, West Harrison (Harold R. Burke of counsel), for appellant.

J.R., New York City, respondent pro se.

Farber, Pappalardo & Carbonari, White Plains (John A. Pappalardo and Olivia T. Marotta of counsel), Attorney for the Children.

Brown Rudnick LLP, New York City (Sigmund S. Wissner-Gross, D. Cameron Moxley, Shivani Poddar and Rahman D. Connelly of counsel), for Domestic Violence Legal Empowerment and Appeals Project and others, amici curiae.

Judges PIGOTT, RIVERA, ABDUS-SALAAM, STEIN and FAHEY concur; Chief Judge DIFIORE taking no part.

OPINION OF THE COURT

This case requires that we consider whether Supreme Court properly made a final custody determination without first conducting a plenary hearing. We hold that, on this record, a hearing was required.

After nearly 15 years of marriage, appellant S...

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