Legal Opinion

Matter of Benjamin v. Lemasters

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided February 19, 2015No. 518014PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtGarry, J.

Appeal from an order of the Family Court of Chemung County (Keene, J.), entered November 18, 2013, which, among other things, dismissed petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to Family Ct Act article 6, for custody of the parties’ child.

Petitioner (hereinafter the father) and respondent (hereinafter the mother) are the unmarried parents of a child (born in 2009). The mother resides in Michigan and also has an older child and two younger children with other fathers. The father resides in New York. The mother was 15 years of age and residing in Michigan and the father was…

2Cases cited12 opinions

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