Legal Opinion
Matter of Moses v. Williams
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided April 13, 2016No. 2015-00813PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal from an order of the Family Court, Queens County (Mary R. O’Donoghue, J.), dated November 20, 2014. The order, insofar as appealed from, granted the father’s petition for sole custody of the subject children and denied the mother’s petition for sole custody of the children.
Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, without costs or disbursements.
The essential consideration in deciding a petition for child custody is the best interests of the child, under the totality of the circumstances (see Eschbach v Eschbach, 56 NY2d 167, 171 [1982]; Friederwitzer v Friederwitzer,…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- Berrouet v. GreavesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2006
- Awan v. AwanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2009
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