IN RE GRACE L. v. JAMES C.

7967.

96 A.D.3d 566 (2012)

946 N.Y.S.2d 472

2012 NY Slip Op 4932

In the Matter of GRACE L., Appellant, v. JAMES C., Respondent, and SHEILA L., Respondent.

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

June 19, 2012.


The award of custody to respondent is in the best interests of the children and was warranted by the totality of the circumstances (see generally Eschbach v Eschbach, 56 N.Y.2d 167 [1982]). The children were removed from respondent and placed with petitioner when respondent was only 16 years old and the removal was based on domestic abuse committed by the children's father who resided in petitioner's home with respondent. A decade...

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