Legal Opinion
Timosa v. Chase
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided September 26, 2005PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
In a child custody proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 6, the mother appeals from an order of the Family Court, Queens County (Heffernan, J.), dated September 8, 2004, which, after a hearing, inter alia, awarded custody of the parties’ child to the father.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
Custody determinations are to be made upon consideration of the totality of the circumstances to reach the disposition that *1116promotes the best interests of the child (see Domestic Relations Law § 70 [a]; § 240 [1] [a]; Eschbach v Eschbach, 56 NY2d 167, 171 [1982]).…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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- Mutterperl v. ReyesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2002
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