| Matter of Bassuk v Bassuk |
| 2012 NY Slip Op 01671 [93 AD3d 664] |
| March 6, 2012 |
| Appellate Division, Second Department |
| In the Matter of Daniel L. Bassuk, Respondent, v Anita M.Bassuk, Appellant. |
—[*1] John W. Casey, Long Island City, N.Y., for respondent. Lewis S. Calderon, Jamaica, N.Y., attorney for the child.
In a proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 6, the mother appeals, as limited by herbrief, from so much of an order of the Family Court, Queens County (Negron, Ct. Atty. Ref.),dated October 27, 2010, as precluded her from traveling with the subject child until he reachedthe age of eight.
Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, without costs or disbursements.
The paramount concern in adjudicating visitation rights is the best interests of the child (see Matter of Awan v Awan, 63 AD3d733, 734 [2009], citing Eschbach v Eschbach, 56 NY2d 167, 171 [1982])."Determinations as to custody and visitation are ordinarily a matter for the hearing court, and itsdetermination will not be set aside unless lacking a sound and substantial basis in the record"(Matter of Awan v Awan, 63 AD3d at 734). Here, the mother, in effect, renewed herprior applications for permission to travel with the subject child to Brazil. Under thecircumstances of this case, the Family Court properly precluded her from doing so until the childreaches the age of eight, in October 2012. The mother failed to meet her burden on herapplication of establishing that travel before the age of eight would be in the child's best interests(see Matter of Awan v Awan, 63AD3d 733 [2009]; cf. Lolli-Ghetti v Lolli-Ghetti, 162 AD2d 198, 199 [1990]).Angiolillo, J.P., Dickerson, Austin and Cohen, JJ., concur.
Motion by the appellant on an appeal from an order of the Family Court, Queens County,dated October 27, 2010, to strike the brief filed by the attorney for the child on the ground that itrefers to matter dehors the record. By decision and order on motion of this Court dated December14, 2011, the branch of the motion which was to strike stated portions of the brief of the attorneyfor the child was held in abeyance and referred to the panel of Justices hearing the appeal fordetermination upon the argument or submission thereof.
Upon the papers filed in support of the motion and the papers filed in opposition thereto, andupon the submission of the appeal, it is
Ordered that the branch of the motion which was referred to this panel of Justices is granted,and the material at issue has not been considered in determining the appeal. Angiolillo, J.P.,Dickerson, Austin and Cohen, JJ., concur.