Matter of John W. v. Melissa G.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Order, Family Court, New York County (Gloria Sosa-Lintner, J.), entered on or about January 27, 2014, which, to the extent appealed from as limited by the briefs, awarded petitioner father sole physical and legal custody of the child, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
In awarding sole physical and legal custody to the father, the court properly took into account the best interests of the child based on its review of the totality of the circumstances (Eschbach v Eschbach, 56 NY2d 167, 172-174 [1982]).
Concur— Friedman, J.R, Acosta, Moskowitz, Richter and Feinman, JJ.
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Eschbach v. EschbachNew York Court of Appeals · 1982
3Cited by1 opinion
- Matter of Melissa G. v. John W.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2016