Francois v. Hall
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
In a custody and visitation proceeding pursuant Family Court Act article 6, the father appeals from an order of the Family Court, Queens County (Ebrahimoff, Ct. Atty. Ref), dated June 11, 2009, which, after hearing, denied his petition, in effect, for joint legal and physical custody of the subject child, and awarded sole custody to the mother.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
There is “no prima facie right to the custody of the child in either parent” (Domestic Relations Law § 70 [a]; § 240 [1] [a]; see Friederwitzer v Friederwitzer, 55 NY2d 89 [1982]; Matter…
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