Matter of Stokes v. Stokes

Appeal by the mother from an order of the Family Court, Kings County (Javier E. Vargas, J.), dated November 2, 2016. The order, after a hearing, granted the father’s petition, in effect, for sole legal and physical custody of the parties’ child and denied the mother’s cross petition, in effect, for sole legal and physical custody of the parties’ child.

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

The parties, who are married, are the parents of an eight-year-old daughter. In September 2016, the New York City Administration for Children’s Services (hereinafter ACS) began…