Legal Opinion
Matter of Lisa W. v. John M.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided September 27, 2016No. 1733PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
Order, Family Court, New York County (Fiordaliza A. Rodriguez, J.), entered on or about June 26, 2015, which, after a hearing, granted Lisa W.’s petition for a final order of sole legal and physical custody of the subject child, with weekly supervised visitation by the father, and denied the father’s cross petition for custody, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
A sound and substantial basis in the record supports the determination that the child’s best interests are met by the award of sole legal and physical custody to petitioner mother (see Eschbach v Eschbach, 56 NY2d 167, 171-172…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Eschbach v. EschbachNew York Court of Appeals · 1982
- Mildred S.G. v. Mark G.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2009
- Prete v. PreteAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1993
- Straus v. StraussAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2016
- Matter of Lisa W. v. John M.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2015
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