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MATTER OF SEKOU E.

32 A.D.3d 1024 (2006)

822 N.Y.S.2d 117

In the Matter of SEKOU E. (Proceeding No. 1.) In the Matter of RUTH C., Respondent, v. GREGORY E., Appellant. (Proceeding No. 2.)

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

September 26, 2006.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

In a custody proceeding between a parent and a nonparent, "the parent has a superior right of custody that cannot be denied unless the nonparent establishes that the parent has relinquished that right due to surrender, abandonment, persistent neglect, unfitness, or other extraordinary circumstances" (Matter of Campo v Chapman, 24 A.D.3d 439 [2005]; see Matter of Rudy v Mazzetti...

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