Legal Opinion
Matter of Celina S. v. Donald S.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided November 12, 2015No. 16131PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Order, Family Court, Bronx County (Paul A. Goetz, J.), entered on or about July 7, 2014, which, after a trial, granted petitioner mother Cilena S.’s petition for sole legal and physical custody of the subject child,' denied respondent father’s cross petition for custody, and awarded him visitation as provided in the order, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
A sound and substantial basis in the record supports the Family Court’s determination, made after a full evidentiary hearing, that the child’s best interests are served by awarding sole legal and physical custody to the mother (see…
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