Supervised visitation in Buffalo — New York's second city

Buffalo is the second-largest city in New York State and the anchor of Western New York. Family court life here runs through downtown Buffalo, where the Erie County courts sit — but families live everywhere from the Elmwood Village to Cheektowaga, Amherst, and the Southtowns, and that's where visits actually need to happen.

TruVisit New York supervisors meet Buffalo-area families at locations close to where the child lives. We don't charge travel fees and we don't operate from a single fixed office.

Buffalo neighborhoods we regularly serve

  • Elmwood Village
  • Allentown & downtown
  • North Buffalo — the Hertel Avenue corridor
  • South Buffalo
  • The West Side & Riverside
  • The East Side — including Broadway-Fillmore and Kensington
  • University Heights
  • First-ring suburbs — Cheektowaga, Amherst, Tonawanda, West Seneca, Lackawanna

Common Buffalo meet-up locations

  • Delaware Park — the Olmsted-designed centerpiece of the city's park system
  • Canalside — the downtown waterfront, year-round family programming
  • Cazenovia Park (South Buffalo)
  • Explore & More Children's Museum (indoor option, Canalside)
  • Buffalo Museum of Science (indoor option)
  • Buffalo & Erie County Public Library — Central and neighborhood branches
  • Family-appropriate restaurants on Hertel Avenue and Elmwood Avenue

Buffalo winters are serious — lake-effect snow is a scheduling reality. From November through March we lean heavily on indoor venues like the Children's Museum, the Science Museum, and library children's rooms, and we build weather flexibility into every Buffalo case.

Buffalo families and the Erie County Family Court

Custody and visitation petitions for Buffalo-area families are heard in the Erie County Family Court in downtown Buffalo. Custody issues raised within a divorce are heard in the Supreme Court, Erie County. Our reports are formatted to meet the documentation standards these courts expect.

For more, see our Erie County resource page and our guide to the New York Family Court process.

Western New York coverage Buffalo is our Western New York hub. If you're in Niagara Falls, Lockport, or elsewhere in the region, submit a case inquiry to confirm scheduling availability in your area.

Pricing

Same flat rate across Buffalo and the Erie County suburbs: $150 one-time intake and $65/hour for sessions.

How to start your Buffalo case

  1. Submit the inquiry form.
  2. Intake call — court order review, $150 intake fee, supervisor assignment.
  3. First session coordinated and confirmed in writing.
  4. Visit happens; report delivered within 24 hours.