Moore v. McClenos
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 from an order of the Family Court, Westchester County (Cooney, J.), entered May 14, 1996, which awarded permanent custody of her son to his paternal grandmother.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
Contrary to the mother’s contentions, the record supports the conclusion that “extraordinary circumstances” existed (Matter of Bennett v Jeffreys, 40 NY2d 543, 544; see also, Matter of Benzon v Sosa, 244 AD2d 659; Matter of Carosi v Bloom, 225 AD2d 692), and further, that it was in…
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