Matter of Laura M. v. Nicole N.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal by the mother from an order of the Family Court, Orange County (Lori Currier-Woods, J.), dated March 5, 2015. The order, after a hearing, granted the paternal great 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.…
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