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MATTER OF COPELAND v. BROWN

2019-12706. Docket Nos. V-927-19, V-2110-19.

189 A.D.3d 1396 (2020)

134 N.Y.S.3d 740

2020 NY Slip Op 07884

In the Matter of Toriano Copeland, Appellant, v. Chantel Brown, Respondent. (Proceeding No. 1.) In the Matter of Chantel Brown, Respondent, v. Toriano Copeland, Appellant. (Proceeding No. 2.)

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

Decided December 23, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Heather A. Fig , Bayport, NY, for appellant.

Kenneth J. Molloy , Central Islip, NY, for respondent.

Colleen R. Nugent , Amityville, NY, attorney for the child.

Mastro, J.P., Barros, Connolly and Wooten, JJ., concur.

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

The father and the mother, who were never married, are the parents of a child, born in 2013. In 2019, the father filed a petition seeking sole legal and physical custody of the child. Thereafter, the mother petitioned for sole legal and physical custody. After a hearing, the Family Court, inter alia, awarded custody to the mother. The father appeals.

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