Legal Opinion
Fuentes v. Fuentes
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided March 8, 2004PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*485In a child custody proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 6, the father appeals from an order of the Family Court, Suffolk County (Willen, J.), entered August 1, 1996, which, after a hearing, inter alia, granted the mother’s cross petition for custody of the parties’ three children and, in effect, denied his petition for custody.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
The best interests of the child are the paramount consideration in making any award of custody (see Friederwitzer v Friederwitzer, 55 NY2d 89, 94 [1982]; Matter of Ellen K. v John K., 186 AD2d…
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