Matter of Nikole S. v. Jordan W.

Order, Family Court, Bronx County (Valerie Eels, J.), entered on or about December 10, 2013, which, after a hearing, denied the petition for custody of the subject child brought pursuant to article 6 of the Family Court Act, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

The record supports Family Court’s determination that it was not in the best interests of the child, who had been placed in a non-kinship foster home, to grant the custody petition filed by petitioner, her adult cousin. The Family Court placed appropriate emphasis upon the fact that petitioner and her then three-year-old daughter were…