Matter of Sharon B. v. Tiffany P.

Order, Family Court, New York County (Gloria Sosa-Lintner, J.), entered on or about March 20, 2015, which, after a hearing, awarded sole physical and legal custody of the subject child to petitioner, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Petitioner, the child’s grandmother, demonstrated the requisite extraordinary circumstances to establish her standing to seek custody of the child (see Matter of Suarez v Williams, 26 NY3d 440 [2015]; Domestic Relations Law § 72 [2] [a]). Contrary to respondent mother’s argument, substantial evidence supports the court’s determination that petitioner, not…