Legal Opinion
O'Connell v. McDermott
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided January 18, 2011PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
In a child custody proceeding 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, Westchester County (Duffy, J.), dated November 24, 2009, as, after a hearing, granted that branch of the father’s petition which was for sole legal custody of the child, and denied that branch of her cross petition which was for sole legal custody of the child.
Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.
“In adjudicating custody and visitation rights, the most important factor to be considered is the best…
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