Legal Opinion
Burnham v. Basta
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided July 10, 1997PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtYesawich Jr., J.
Appeal from an order of the Family Court of Rensselaer County (Hummel, J.), entered February 8, 1996, which, in a proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 6, granted, inter alia, the parties joint legal custody of their child.
When the parties ceased cohabiting in October 1993, respondent became the primary caretaker of their son, Thorn, who was then approximately 10 months old. The child thereafter spent weekends with petitioner, and they had some midweek visits as well. This informal arrangement continued until July 1995 when respondent married and moved, with Thorn, to northern New…
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