MATTER OF ACOSTA v. ACOSTA


259 A.D.2d 747 (1999)

687 N.Y.S.2d 414

In the Matter of PASCUAL ACOSTA, Respondent, v. MARIA L. ACOSTA, Appellant.

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

Decided March 29, 1999.


Ordered that the order is reversed, without costs or disbursements, and the matter is remitted to the Family Court, Suffolk County, for a new hearing and determination on the issue of custody, in accordance herewith, to be held with all convenient speed; and it is further,

Ordered that pending the new determination, custody of the infant child shall remain with the father.

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