IN THE MATTER OF GILLEO v. LIENHARD


19 A.D.3d 490 (2005)

798 N.Y.S.2d 454

In the Matter of MARIA GILLEO, Respondent, v. PRISCILLA LIENHARD, Appellant.

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

June 13, 2005.


Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, without costs or disbursements.

After the grandmother established the existence of "extraordinary circumstances" (Matter of Bennett v Jeffreys, 40 N.Y.2d 543, 544 [1976]), the Family Court correctly decided the underlying custody dispute applying the conventional "best interests" standard (see Matter of Guinta v Doxtator, 20 A.D.3d 47

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