| Matter of Matthew Donald R. |
| 2007 NY Slip Op 10542 [46 AD3d 909] |
| December 26, 2007 |
| Appellate Division, Second Department |
| Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. |
| In the Matter of Matthew Donald R. Stacey R. et al., Appellants; Administration for Children's Services et al., Respondents. (Proceeding No. 1.) In the Matter of Peter Julian R. Stacey R. et al., Appellants; Administration for Children's Services et al., Respondents. (Proceeding No. 2.) |
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Michael A. Cardozo, Corporation Counsel, New York, N.Y. (Larry A. Sonnenshein and
Mordecai Newman of counsel), for respondent Administration for Children's Services.
Carrieri & Carrieri, P.C., Mineola, N.Y. (Ralph R. Carrieri of counsel), for respondent SCO
Family of Services.
Steven Banks, New York, N.Y. (Tamara A. Steckler and Marcia Egger of counsel), Law
Guardian.
In related proceedings pursuant to Family Court Act article 10 and Social Services Law § 384-b, the parents appeal from an order of the Family Court, Queens County (Salinitro, J.), dated July 26, 2006, which granted the petitioners' motion to temporarily suspend supervised visitation between the parents and their two children.
Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, without costs or disbursements, the petitioners' motion to temporarily suspend supervised visitation is denied, and the matter is remitted [*2]to the Family Court, Queens County to complete the adjudication of all outstanding issues forthwith.
Total denial of visitation to a parent "should only be affirmed where the totality of the record contains compelling reasons to deny visitation as detrimental to the child's well-being" (Matter of Jones v McMore, 37 AD3d 1031, 1032 [2007]). The petitioners failed to show that continued supervised visitation would be detrimental to the children.
The parties' remaining contentions are without merit. Lifson, J.P., Dillon, Covello and McCarthy, JJ., concur.