Matter of Liliana C. v. Jose M.C.

Order, Family Court, New York County (Carol J. Goldstein, Ref.), entered on or about June 13, 2014, which, insofar as appealed from as limited by the briefs, after a hearing, granted petitioner mother’s application for sole legal and physical custody of the subject child Ashley C., with visitation to respondent father, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

There is a sound and substantial basis in the record for the court’s determination that it was in the best interests of the child to award custody of her to the mother, consistent with the child’s request. The father testified that the mother…