EMIKO C. v. CHRISTOPHER P.

308611/15. Appeal No. 13462. Case No. 2019-381.

192 A.D.3d 627 (2021)

2021 NY Slip Op 01942

Emiko C., Appellant, v. Christopher P., Respondent.

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

Decided March 30, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven D. Kommor, P.C., Melville ( Steven D. Kommor of counsel), for appellant.

Brian D. Perskin & Associates P.C., Brooklyn ( Evan S. Seckular of counsel), for respondent.

Steven P. Forbes , Jamaica, attorney for the child.

Concur—Gische, J.P., Singh, Scarpulla, Mendez, JJ.


The determination that an award of sole legal and physical custody to defendant would serve the best interests of the child has a sound and substantial basis in the record (see Matter of David J.B. v Monique H., 52 A.D.3d 414 [1st Dept 2008]). The child had lived primarily with defendant since 2015, and defendant had taken care of the child's physical, emotional, educational, material, and medical needs (see Matter of Deanna V...

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