Legal Opinion
Matter of Monasterska v. Burns
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided October 15, 2014No. 2012-02037PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
In related proceedings pursuant to Family Court Act article 6, the mother appeals from an order of the Family Court, Suffolk County (Lechtrecker, Ct. Atty. Ref.), dated February 10, 2012, which, after a hearing, denied her petition for sole legal and physical custody of the parties’ child, and granted the father’s cross petition for sole legal and physical custody of the child.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
In making an initial custody determination, the court must consider what arrangement is in the best interests of the child under the totality of the…
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