Legal Opinion
Gilleo v. Lienhard
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided June 13, 2005PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
In a child custody proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 6, the grandmother appeals, as limited by her brief, from so much of an order of the Family Court, Dutchess County (Amodeo, J.), entered June 18, 2004, as, after a hearing, awarded custody of the child to the mother.
Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, without costs or disbursements.
After the grandmother established the existence of “extraordinary circumstances” (Matter of Bennett v Jeffreys, 40 NY2d 543, 544 [1976]), the Family Court correctly decided the underlying custody dispute applying the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Eschbach v. EschbachNew York Court of Appeals · 1982
- Bennett v. JeffreysNew York Court of Appeals · 1976
- Louise E. S. v. W. Stephen S.New York Court of Appeals · 1985
- Guinta v. DoxtatorAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2005
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