Legal Opinion
Matter of Amari S.G.E. (Kiona E.)
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided October 28, 2015No. 2014-08721PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Appeals from an order of the Family Court, Westchester County (Michelle I. Schauer, J.), entered September 3, 2014. The order, insofar as appealed from, after a hearing upon remittal from this Court (see Matter of Amari S.G.E. [Kiona E.], 115 AD3d 667 [2014]), denied the respective petitions of the cousin and maternal great aunt of the subject children for custody of the subject children, and freed the subject children for adoption.
Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, without costs or disbursements.
The standard to be applied in a change of custody determination is the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- In re Peter L.New York Court of Appeals · 1983
- Pryor v. LindsayAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2009
- Bryant M. v. Kelly O.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2007
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