Legal Opinion
Matter of McFarlane v. Newton
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided April 29, 2015No. 2013-10885PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal from an order of the Family Court, Kings County (William Franc Perry, J.), dated November 14, 2013. The order, inter alia, after a hearing, granted the father’s petition for sole legal and physical custody of the subject child.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
In adjudicating custody rights, the most important factor to be considered is the best interests of the child (see Eschbach v Eschbach, 56 NY2d 167, 171 [1982]; Matter of McQueen v Legette, 125 AD3d 863 [2015]; Matter of McKoy v Vatter, 106 AD3d 1090 [2013]; Matter of Roldan v Nieves, 76 AD3d 634 [2010]). “As custody…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- Vasquez v. OrtizAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2010
- Clarke v. BoertleinAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2011
- Tori v. ToriAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2013
- Nolan v. NolanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2013
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Matter of Keyes v. WatsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2015
- Matter of Newton v. McFarlaneAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2019
- Matter of Sanders v. BallekAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2016