MATTER OF BERKHAM v. VESSIA


63 A.D.3d 1155 (2009)

In the Matter of CRAIG BERKHAM, SR., Respondent, v. ADELE VESSIA, Appellant.

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

Decided June 30, 2009.


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

Contrary to the mother's contentions, the Family Court considered the appropriate factors in determining the best interests of the child (see Eschbach v Eschbach, 56 N.Y.2d 167 [1982]). Since a custody determination necessarily depends to a great extent upon an assessment of the character and credibility of the parties and witnesses, deference is accorded...

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