Legal Opinion
Lynch v. Acey
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided March 12, 2001PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—In a custody proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 6, the mother appeals from an order of the Family Court, Suffolk County (Kent, J.), entered May 13, 1999, which, after a hearing, awarded custody of the parties’ child to the father and granted her visitation.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
It is well settled that the most important factor in adjudicating custody rights is the best interests of the child (see, Domestic Relations Law § 70; Eschbach v Eschbach, 56 NY2d 167, 171; Vecchiarelli v Vecchiarelli, 238 AD2d 411; Matter of Lazier v Gentes,…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Eschbach v. EschbachNew York Court of Appeals · 1982
- Vecchiarelli v. VecchiarelliAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997
- Lazier v. GentesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1999
3Cited by11 opinions
- Vinciguerra v. VinciguerraAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2002
- Gainey v. GaineyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2003
- Bjornson v. BjornsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2007
- Rho v. RhoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2005
- Bowe v. RobinsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2005
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