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SECTION 658
Consideration of blindness during guardianship, custody or visitation proceedings
Family Court Act (FCT) CHAPTER 686, ARTICLE 6, PART 3
§ 658. Consideration of blindness during guardianship, custody or
visitation proceedings. 1. The court may not deny or decide a petition
for custody or visitation under this part or guardianship under part
four of this article solely on the basis that the petitioner is blind.
The blindness of the petitioner shall be considered relevant only to the
extent that the court finds, based on evidence in the record, that the
blindness affects the best interests of the child whose guardianship,
custody or visitation is the subject of the petition.

2. As used in this section, "blind" or "blindness" means:

a. vision that is 20/200 or less in the best corrected eye; or

b. vision that subtends an angle of not greater than twenty degrees in
the best corrected eye.