Legal Opinion

Matter of McLennan v. Gordon

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided November 12, 2014No. 2013-08621PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

In related child custody proceedings pursuant to Family Court Act article 6, the mother appeals from an order of the Family Court, Kings County (Ramirez, J.), dated July 26, 2013, which, after hearing, granted the father’s petition for sole custody of the parties’ daughter and denied her cross petition for the same relief.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, without costs.

The essential consideration in determining custody is the best interests of the child (see Eschbach v Eschbach, 56 NY2d 167, 171 [1982]; Matter of Saravia v Godzieba, 120 AD3d 821 [2014]; Matter of Gribeluk v Gribeluk, 120…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Eschbach v. EschbachNew York Court of Appeals · 1982
  2. Friederwitzer v. FriederwitzerNew York Court of Appeals · 1982
  3. Islam v. LeeAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2014
  4. McGovern v. LynchAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2009
  5. Blakeney v. BlakeneyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2012

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Matter of Goundan v. GoundanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2022
  2. Matter of Wood v. LozadaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2017
  3. Matter of Tejada v. TejadaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2015
  4. Matter of Biancoviso v. BaronaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2017
  5. Matter of McFarlane v. NewtonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2015

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