Legal Opinion
Pamela S. S. v. Charles E.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided February 7, 2001PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—Order unanimously affirmed without costs. Memorandum: Family Court properly awarded custody of respondent-father’s (respondent) son to petitioners, respondent’s sister and her *1000husband. “[T]ransfer of custody from a parent to a nonparent requires a showing of extraordinary circumstances justifying the court’s intervention, followed by a showing that an award of custody to the nonparent is in the child’s best interests” (Matter of Sales v Gisendaner, 272 AD2d 997). Petitioners had the burden of establishing that respondent relinquished his superior right to parent his son based on…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Bennett v. JeffreysNew York Court of Appeals · 1976
- Sales v. GisendanerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2000
- Benzon v. SosaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997
- Coryea v. AllenAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1999
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