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MATTER OF SCOTT L. v. BRUCE N.

126 A.D.2d 157 (1987)

In the Matter of Scott L., Appellant, v. Bruce N., Respondent

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

March 17, 1987

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herman H. Tarnow (Gretchen Leitzell Johnson with him on the brief), for appellant.

David E. Pugh of counsel (Lester Wallman and Susan L. Strawgate with him on the brief; Wallman & Kramer, attorneys), for respondent.

Anne Reiniger of counsel to The New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, guardian ad litem on behalf of the children.

KUPFERMAN, J. P., SULLIVAN, ROSS and KASSAL, JJ., concur.

MILONAS, J.

Petitioner, Scott L., seeks custody of his two nieces, Meredith and Marnee N., urging that, pursuant to Matter of Bennett v Jeffreys (40 N.Y.2d 543), extraordinary circumstances exist such that it is in the children's best interests that custody be awarded to him. Respondent, Bruce N., the girls' natural father, has filed a cross petition asking that he...

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