Mary H. v. Helen P.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
In a custody proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 6, the appeal is from a dispositional order of the Family Court, Queens County (Thorpe, J.), dated June 26, 1985, which, after a fact-finding hearing, awarded custody of the child to the petitioner, the natural mother.
Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, without costs or disbursements, and the matter is remitted to the Family Court, Queens County, for a dispositional hearing to determine a custody award based upon the best interests of the child. The child shall be returned to the custody of the appellants in the interim.
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