K.F.T. v. D.P.G.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
In a child custody proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 6, the father appeals from an order of the Family Court, Nassau County (McCormack, J.), dated October 13, 2006, which, after a hearing, granted the maternal grandfather’s petition for custody and awarded sole custody of the subject child to the grandfather, with visitation to him.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
In a custody proceeding between a parent and a nonparent, “the parent has the superior right to custody that cannot be denied unless the nonparent establishes that the parent had…
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