Matter of Nyron P. v. Giselle A.

Order, Family Court, New York County (Jane Pearl, J.), entered on or about July 15, 2016, which granted sole physical and legal custody of the subject child to petitioner father Nyron R, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

A preponderance of the evidence supports the Family Court’s finding that a final award of sole legal and physical custody to the father is in the child’s best interest (see Eschbach v Eschbach, 56 NY2d 167, 171 [1982]). The child resided with the mother until she was five years old, at which time a neglect petition was filed against the mother, resulting in the child being…