Legal Opinion
Matter of Rochelle C. v. Bridget C.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided June 1, 2016No. 2015-01856PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal from an order of the Family Court, Kings County (William Franc Perry, J.), dated February 5, 2015. The order, after a hearing, granted the maternal aunt’s petition to be appointed permanent guardian 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 has relinquished that right due to surrender, abandonment, persistent neglect, unfitness, or other like extraordinary circumstances. Where…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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