Tavarez v. Musse
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
In a child custody proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 6, the mother appeals from an order of the Family Court, Kings County (Pearl, J.), dated April 29, 2005, which, after a hearing, inter alia, awarded sole custody of the subject child to the father.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
The essential consideration in a custody determination is to promote the best interests of the child (see Eschbach v Eschbach, 56 NY2d 167, 171 [1982]; Friederwitzer v Friederwitzer, 55 NY2d 89, 95 [1982]). “Since the Family Court’s custody determination is largely…
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