Herrera v. Vallejo
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 mother appeals, as limited by her brief, from so much of an order of the Family Court, Suffolk County (Loguercio, J.), dated February 28, 2012, as granted the petition of the nonparent for sole custody of the subject child.
Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, without costs or disbursements.
In a child custody dispute between a parent and a nonparent, the parent has a superior right to custody that cannot be denied unless the nonparent establishes that the parent has relinquished that right due to…
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