Legal Opinion
Allain v. Allain
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided December 12, 2006PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
In an action for a divorce and ancillary relief, the mother appeals, as limited by her brief, from stated portions of a judgment of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Farneti, J.), entered November 10, 2005, which awarded sole custody of the parties’ son to the father and failed to make a distributive award with respect to certain brokerage licenses.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.
In adjudicating custody and visitation rights, the most important factor to be considered is the best interests of the child (see Eschbach v Eschbach, 56 NY2d 167, 174…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Eschbach v. EschbachNew York Court of Appeals · 1982
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- Blanc v. LarcherAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2004
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