Legal Opinion
Eger v. Garafolo
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided June 11, 1998PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCarpinello, J.
Appeal from an order of the Family Court of Greene County (Lalor, J.), entered July 30, 1997, which granted petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 6, for sole custody of his child.
Petitioner and Engrid Tefft (now deceased) are the biological parents of Garland (born in 1990); respondent is Garland’s maternal aunt. Petitioner and Tefft, who were never married, separated in 1991 and agreed to joint custody of Garland with physical custody to Tefft and liberal visitation to petitioner. Due to several complaints brought by Tefft against petitioner chiefly…
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