Legal Opinion

Kjellgren v. Kjellgren

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

Decided September 24, 2001PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

—In an action for a divorce and ancillary relief, the plaintiff appeals from so much of a judgment of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Davis, J.), entered July 30, 1999, as awarded custody of the parties’ children to the defendant mother.

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

We find no basis to disturb the Supreme Court’s award of custody of the parties’ children to the mother. In adjudicating custody and visitation rights, the most important factor to be considered is the best interests of the child (see, Eschbach v Eschbach, 56 NY2d…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Eschbach v. EschbachNew York Court of Appeals · 1982
  2. Friederwitzer v. FriederwitzerNew York Court of Appeals · 1982
  3. Kuncman v. KuncmanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1992

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Anderson v. SparksAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2005

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