Legal Opinion

Guzman v. Pizarro

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

Decided January 30, 2013PublishedCited by 31 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

In two related child custody proceedings pursuant to Family Court Act article 6, the mother appeals, as limited by her brief, from so much of an order of the Family Court, Kings County (Hepner, J.), dated September 26, 2011, as, after a hearing, granted the father’s petition for sole custody of the parties’ child and denied her cross petition for sole custody of the child.

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

The Family Court’s paramount concern in any custody dispute is to determine, under the totality of the circumstances, what is in the…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Eschbach v. EschbachNew York Court of Appeals · 1982
  2. Louise E. S. v. W. Stephen S.New York Court of Appeals · 1985
  3. Nava v. KinslerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2011
  4. Davis v. PignataroAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2012
  5. Smith v. SmithAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2009

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3Cited by31 opinions

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  3. Lawlor v. EderAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2013
  4. Matter of Estrada v. PalaciosAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2017
  5. McKoy v. VatterAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2013

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