Lichtenfeld v. Lichtenfeld
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, Orange County (Bivona, J), entered March 1, 2006, which, after a hearing, granted the father’s petition to modify a prior custody order of the same court dated July 23, 2004, and awarded him sole physical and legal custody of the subject children, with visitation to her.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, without costs and disbursements.
In determining the issue of parental custody of a child, the primary concern is the best interests of the child (see Eschbach v…
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