Pabon v. Martinez

In a child custody *551proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 6, the father appeals from an order of the Family Court, Kings County (Hepner, J.), dated February 4, 1997, which, after a hearing, denied his petition for custody of the parties’ two children and granted the mother’s cross petition for custody.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.

In adjudicating custody and visitation rights, the most important factor for the court to consider is the best interests of the children (see, Eschbach v Eschbach, 56 NY2d 167), which requires an evaluation of the…