Hartsough v. Hartsough

—In a child custody proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 6, the mother appeals from an order of the Family Court, Suffolk County (Friedenberg, J.H.O.), entered January 21, 1999, which, after a *350hearing, awarded the father custody of the parties’ two children.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

The Family Court properly determined that the father was better able than the mother to place the children’s needs before his own and to foster an ongoing relationship between the children and the noncustodial parent (see, Maloney v Maloney, 208 AD2d 603; Bostinto v Bostinto, 207…