Matter of Jerrina P. (June H.--Shondell N.P.)
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal from an order of the Family Court, Kings County (Leticia M. Ramirez, J.), dated November 25, 2013. The order, after a hearing, in effect, granted the petition of June H. and Litchfield H. for sole custody of the subject child, and denied the mother’s petition for sole custody of the subject child.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
In a custody proceeding between a parent and a nonparent, the parent has the superior right to custody that cannot be denied unless the nonparent establishes that the parent has relinquished that right due to surrender,…
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