Faunteleroy v. Mercado
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, as limited by her brief, from so much of an order of the Family Court, Queens County (Rood, R.), dated April 2, 2003, as, after a hearing, transferred custody of the child from her to the father.
Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, without costs or disbursements.
Where a court has conducted a complete evidentiary hearing, its finding must be accorded great weight on appeal, and its award of custody should be allowed to stand unless it lacks a sound and substantial basis in the…
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