MATTER OF O'CONNELL v. McDERMOTT

2010-01660.

80 A.D.3d 701 (2011)

915 N.Y.S.2d 143

In the Matter of CHRISTOPHER W. O'CONNELL, Respondent, v. MOLLY McDERMOTT, Appellant.

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

Decided January 18, 2011.


Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.

"In adjudicating custody and visitation rights, the most important factor to be considered is the best interests of the child" (Matter of Awan v Awan, 63 A.D.3d 733, 734 [2009]; see Eschbach v Eschbach, 56 N.Y.2d 167, 171 [1982]). "Since custody determinations depend to a great extent upon an assessment...

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