IN THE MATTER OF STEVEN B.


24 A.D.3d 384 (2005)

807 N.Y.S.2d 29

In the Matter of STEVEN B., Respondent. MAKEBA S., Appellant, et al., Respondent.

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

December 29, 2005.


The hearing record strongly supports Family Court's conclusion that the award of custody to petitioner father, whose children had been in foster care since January 2004, is in their best interests (see Eschbach v. Eschbach, 56 N.Y.2d 167 [1982]). The evidence demonstrated that petitioner is a caring and attentive father who is in a sustained and reliable state of recovery from his drug involvement, and who has a realistic, feasible...

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