Legal Opinion
Matter of Sherrene R. v. Sheena R.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided January 10, 2017No. 2686PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
Order, Family Court, New York County (Gail A. Adams, Ref.), entered on or about December 14, 2015, which, upon a finding of extraordinary circumstances following a hearing, determined that it would be in the best interests of the subject child to award sole physical and legal custody to petitioner grandmother, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
Respondent mother concedes, and the record shows, that the requisite extraordinary circumstances exist for the grandmother to seek custody of the child (see Matter of Suarez v Williams, 26 NY3d 440, 448 [2015]; Matter of Bennett v Jeffreys, 40 NY2d…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Bennett v. JeffreysNew York Court of Appeals · 1976
- The Matter of Ricardo Suarez v. Melissa WilliamsNew York Court of Appeals · 2015
- Roberta P. v. Vanessa J.P.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2016
- In re Jaynices D.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2009
3Cited by1 opinion
- Matter of Mumford v. MilnerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2020