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MATTER OF ORTIZ v. MAHARAJ

8 A.D.3d 574 (2004)

779 N.Y.S.2d 220

In the Matter of ANGEL ORTIZ, Respondent, v. ELIZABETH MAHARAJ, Appellant.

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

June 21, 2004.

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

Contrary to the mother's contentions, the Family Court correctly awarded custody of the parties' 12-year-old son to the father. Custody determinations are ordinarily a matter of discretion for the hearing court, whose determination will not be set aside on appeal unless it lacks a sound and substantial basis in the record (see Matter of Johnson v Johnson, 309 A.D.2d 750

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