Legal Opinion
Krieger v. Krieger
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided September 29, 2009PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
In a child custody proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 6, the petitioners, the paternal grandparents of the subject child, appeal from an order of the Family Court, Nassau County *1353(Phillips, Ct Atty Referee), dated April 4, 2008, which dismissed so much of their petition as sought custody of the subject child.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
As between a parent and a nonparent, the parent has the superior right to custody that cannot be denied unless the nonparent establishes that the parent relinquished that right due to the existence of…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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