David H. v. Khalima H.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
*545Order, Family Court, New York County (Douglas E. Hoffman, J.), entered on or about August 27, 2012, which, after a hearing, granted joint legal custody of the subject child to the parties, with primary residential custody to respondent mother, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
A sound and substantial basis in the record supports the determination that it is in the child’s best interests to remain in the custody of respondent mother, who has been the child’s primary care giver for all but two years of his life. The court reached this determination after a full evidentiary hearing at which it…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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- Ricardo S. v. Carron C.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2012