Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law, with costs, the petition is reinstated, and the matter is remitted to the Supreme Court, Suffolk County, for a hearing and a new determination.
The petitioner father brought this habeas corpus proceeding pursuant to Domestic Relations Law § 70 to obtain custody of his daughter from the respondent mother. The petition was not satisfied by the mere presence of the mother and daughter before the Supreme Court without...
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