Davis v. Palacio

Appeal from an order of the Family Court of Albany County (Walsh, J.), entered August 23, 2007, which, among other things, granted petitioners’ application, in a proceeding pursuant to Family Ct Act article 6, for custody of respondent’s child.

The child in this custody matter (born in 1999) has physical and developmental disabilities resulting from two strokes she suffered at birth. After her mother disappeared in 2000, respondent (hereinafter the father) was found to have neglected her and she was placed in the care of her maternal great aunt, who was awarded custody in April 2003. Among…