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Attorney for Children Successfully Challenges Custody Order Entered on Parents' Consent

Posted on July 6, 2015
Posted in Custody and Visitation

Child CustodyThe court-appointed Attorney for the Children may object to and appeal from a custody order entered upon the consent of the parents. So held the Appellate Division, Second Departrment, in its June 26, 2015 decision in Velez v. Alverez, reversing the order of Westchester County Family Court Judge Robert C. Cerrato.

The mother…

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