Jumper v. Hemphill
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 *508article 6, the mother appeals, as limited by her brief, from so much of an order of the Family Court, Westchester County (Davidson, J.), entered August 14, 2009, as, after a hearing, awarded custody of the subject child to the petitioner.
Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, without costs or disbursements.
“ ‘As 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 the right due to surrender,…
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