MATTER OF SUPANGKAT v. TORRES

2011-04177.

101 A.D.3d 889 (2012)

954 N.Y.S.2d 915

2012 NY Slip Op 8537

In the Matter of DON SUPANGKAT, Respondent, v. BANELYS TORRES, Appellant. (Proceeding No. 1.) In the Matter of BANELYS TORRES, Appellant, v. DON SUPANGKAT, Respondent. (Proceeding No. 2.)

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

December 12, 2012.


Ordered that the order is reversed, on the facts and in the exercise of discretion, without costs or disbursements, the father's petition is denied, the mother's petition is granted, and the matter is remitted to the Family Court, Queens County, for further proceedings consistent herewith.

A court deciding an initial petition for child custody must determine what is in the child's best interests (see Matter of Swinson...

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