Opray v. Fitzharris

In a child custody proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 6, the father appeals, as limited by his brief, from so much of an order of the Family Court, Suffolk County (Lechtrecker, Ct. Atty. Ref.), dated December 21, 2010, as, after a hearing, in effect, awarded custody of the subject children to the mother.

Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, without costs or disbursements.

“In adjudicating custody and visitation rights, the most important factor to be considered is the best interests of the child” (Matter of Awan v Awan, 63 AD3d 733, 734 [2009]; see Eschbach…