Cambridge v. Cambridge
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
In a child custody proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 6, the paternal grandmother appeals from an order of the Family Court, Queens County (Seiden, R.), dated May 13, 2003, which, after a hearing, in effect, granted the father’s application to transfer custody of the subject child to him.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
A biological parent has a right to custody of his or her child, superior to that of a nonparent, unless the parent has relinquished that right due to “surrender, abandonment, persisting neglect, unfitness or other like…
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