Salvatore v. Salvatore
Decision Date | 15 December 2009 |
Docket Number | 2009-00477 |
Citation | 2009 NY Slip Op 9452,68 A.D.3d 966,893 N.Y.S.2d 63 |
Parties | LINDA SALVATORE, Respondent, v. GERALD P. SALVATORE, Appellant. |
Court | New York Supreme Court — Appellate Division |
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.
(Matter of Edwards v Rothschild, 60 AD3d 675, 676-677 [2009] [citations omitted]).
(Matter of Berkham v Vessia, 63 AD3d 1155, 1156 [2009] [citations omitted]; see Torelli v Torelli, 62 AD3d 691, 692 [2009]; Matter of Edwards v Rothschild, 60 AD3d at 677; Matter of Jara v Rivera, 60 AD3d 680 [2009]).
The Supreme Court's determination to award custody of the parties' son and daughter to the mother has a sound and substantial basis in the record, and will not be disturbed. While the Supreme Court erred in its factual finding that the father had relinquished custody of one of his daughters from his first marriage, given the total circumstances of this case, that error does not diminish the bases for the award of custody to the mother.
The father is not entitled to any relief based on his claim that he received ineffective assistance of counsel. In the context of civil litigation, a claim of ineffective assistance will not be entertained, absent extraordinary circumstances (see Galil, LLC v Scott, 61 AD3d 820 [2009]; Mendoza v Plaza Homes, LLC, 55 AD3d 692, 693 [2008]; Matter of Robinson, 44 AD3d 961 [2007]; Matter of Cichosz v Cichosz, 12 AD3d 598, 599 [2004]; Matter of Ketcham v Crawford, 1 AD3d 359, 361 [2003]; Matter of Eirich v Costello, 309 AD2d 934 [2003]; Matter of Saren v Palma, 263 AD2d 544, 545 [1999]). No such extraordinary circumstances are present on this record.
Furthermore, the Supreme Court properly denied the father's motion to modify the award of custody to the mother. "`Modification of an existing custody arrangement is permissible only upon a showing that there has been a change in circumstances such that a modification is necessary to ensure the continued best interests and welfare of the child' (Matter of Pignataro v Davis, 8 AD3d 487, 488 [2004])" (Matter of Watson v Smith, 52 AD3d 615, 616 [2008]; see Matter of Adornato v Adornato, 63 AD3d 920 [2009]; Matter of Meyers v Sheehan, 62 AD3d 802, 803 [2009]; Matter of Gurewich v Gurewich, 58 AD3d 628, 629 [2009]; Foley v Foley, 52 AD3d 773, 774 [2008]).
"A noncustodial parent seeking a change of custody is not entitled to a hearing without making some evidentiary showing sufficient to warrant a hearing" (Matter of Lopez v Infante, 55 AD3d 837, 838 [2008]...
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