Legal Opinion

Matter of Pena v. Cordero

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided July 14, 2017No. 2016-08079PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Appeal by the father from an order of the Family Court, Suffolk County (Rosann O. Orlando, Ct. Atty. Ref.), dated March 31, 2016. The order, insofar as appealed from, after a hearing, denied that branch of the father’s petition which was for joint custody of the parties’ children and granted the mother’s petition for sole legal and physical custody of the children.

Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, without costs or disbursements.

The parties are the parents of two children, twins born in 2007. The father filed a petition, inter alia, for joint custody of the children.…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Eschbach v. EschbachNew York Court of Appeals · 1982
  2. Supangkat v. TorresAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2012
  3. Gooler v. GoolerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2013
  4. Julie v. WillsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2010
  5. Laura A. K. v. Timothy M.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994

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3Cited by6 opinions

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