Judgment reversed, without costs or disbursements, and proceeding remitted to Special Term for a hearing, which shall be conducted before a different Judge, and a new determination.
In this custody struggle between the father and maternal grandparents, the record indicates that the court gave controlling weight to the preference of the then 10-year-old child after conducting an in camera off-the-record interview with the child. The wishes of the child alone...
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