MATTER OF KEOSHIA R. v. LAMONT D.

Docket Nos. V-16774/16, V-21343/16. Appeal No. 13197. Case No. 2020-03063.

191 A.D.3d 614 (2021)

139 N.Y.S.3d 531

2021 NY Slip Op 01217

In the Matter of Keoshia R., Appellant, v. Lamont D., Respondent.

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

Decided February 25, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anne Reiniger , New York, for appellant.

Law Offices of Randall S. Carmel, Jericho ( Randall S. Carmel of counsel), for respondent.

Janet Neustaetter , The Children's Law Center, Brooklyn ( Rachel J. Stanton of counsel), attorney for the child.

Concur—Acosta, P.J., Renwick, Singh, Mendez, JJ.


The court's determination that the award of sole legal and physical custody to the father would serve the best interests of the child has a sound and substantial basis in the record (see Eschbach v Eschbach, 56 N.Y.2d 167, 171 [1982], citing Domestic Relations Law § 70). The child has lived with the father since 2016, and he takes care of the child's physical, emotional, educational...

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