In re Brittni K.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Brittni’s law guardian brings this appeal which followed a five-day combined hearing on the Family Court Act article 6 and article 10 petitions before a court-appointed attorney-referee between January 10 and February 11, 2002. The court followed the referee’s recommendation and denied Nilda S.’s custody petition, and ordered that Brittni be returned to Dawn K., her mother.
This appeal raises the issue of whether the Family Court erred in its ruling that Brittni’s best interests lie with an award of custody to her mother, after she had lived in Nilda’s care for approximately two thirds of her…
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