MATTER OF HARKLESS v. SANTOS

2019-10249. Docket Nos. V-5549-16, V-5550-16, V-7828-16, V-7829-16.

187 A.D.3d 1187 (2020)

131 N.Y.S.3d 226

2020 NY Slip Op 06125

In the Matter of Shaherah Harkless, Appellant, v. Jorge Santos, Respondent. (Proceeding No. 1.). In the Matter of Jorge Santos, Respondent, v. Shaherah Harkless, Appellant. (Proceeding No. 2.).

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

Decided October 28, 2020.


Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, without costs or disbursements.

"The court's paramount concern in any custody dispute is to determine, under the totality of the circumstances, what is in the best interests of the child" (Matter of McPherson v McPherson, 139 A.D.3d 953, 953 [2016] [internal quotation marks omitted]; see Matter of Demelfi v Fliedner, 172 A.D.3d 1206, 1207 [2019]). Here, the...

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