MATTER OF TAYLOR G.


59 A.D.3d 212 (2009)

872 N.Y.S.2d 277

In the Matter of TAYLOR G., an Infant. WILLIAM C., Respondent; JUELLE G., Appellant.

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

Decided February 10, 2009.


The totality of the circumstances establish that the award of custody to petitioner was in the best in interests of the child and has a sound and substantial basis in the record (see Eschbach v Eschbach, 56 N.Y.2d 167 [1982]). Although awarding custody to petitioner is contrary to the expressed wishes of the child, the desire of the child is one of many factors to be considered and is not determinative, particularly where, as here...

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