MATTER OF MICHAEL B.

1751.

145 A.D.3d 425 (2016)

2016 NY Slip Op 08101

42 N.Y.S.3d 141

In the Matter of MICHAEL B., Respondent. LILLIAN B., Appellant.

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

Decided December 1, 2016.


This is the unusual case where we should exercise our authority to reverse a custody determination by the trial court (Matter of Louise E.S. v W. Stephen S., 64 N.Y.2d 946, 947 [1985]). The Family Court Judge presiding over the trial of this complex and long-running custody matter was clearly concerned with the child's best interests and wrestled with concerns about the mother's history of mental health issues, and the effect on...

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