Dwyer-Hayde v. Forcier
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, as limited by his brief, from so much of an order of the Family Court, Dutchess County (For-man, J.), dated June 11, 2008, as, after a hearing, awarded the parties joint custody of the two subject children, with physical custody to the mother and liberal visitation to him.
Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, without costs or disbursements.
The essential consideration in any custody controversy is the best interests of the child (see Eschbach v Eschbach, 56 NY2d 167, 171 [1982]). In…
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