MATTER OF MODICA v. THOMPSON


299 A.D.2d 486 (2002)

749 N.Y.S.2d 889

In the Matter of RUTHANNE MODICA et al., Respondents, v. ROBERT THOMPSON, Appellant.

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

Decided November 18, 2002.


Ordered that the amended order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.

The father challenges the award of custody of his now 13-year-old daughter to the maternal grandparents. Contrary to the father's contention, the determination is supported by a showing of extraordinary circumstances (see Matter of Bennett v Jeffreys, 40 N.Y.2d 543; Matter of Gibson v Skrine, 262 A.D.2d 483

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