Legal Opinion
Quarantillo v. Grainge
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided May 10, 2000PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—Order unanimously affirmed without costs. Memorandum: Family Court did not abuse its discretion in granting respondent’s cross petition seeking sole custody of the parties’ child. Pursuant to a 1993 divorce decree, incorporating but not merging an agreement of the parties, the parties had joint custody of their child, with primary physical placement of the child with petitioner. “[A] long-term custodial arrangement established by agreement should prevail ‘unless it is demonstrated that the custodial parent is unfit or perhaps less fit’ ” (Fox v Fox, 177 AD2d 209, 211; see also, Matter of…
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- Fox v. FoxAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1992
- Ammann v. AmmannAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994
- Buffy E. v. Lance C.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1996
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- Richard C.T. v. Helen R.G.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2007
- McTighe v. PearlAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2004
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