The 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

In her June 25, 2010 Shreiber (PDF) decision, Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Delores Thomas denied a wife’s second motion for the wholesale inspection of her husband’s (previously-secured) computer hard disk drive. A prior motion had been denied as premature and because the activities of the appraiser court-appointed to evaluate the husband’s solo law practice might