MATTER OF McFARLANE v. JONES

2019-14175. Docket Nos. V-3789-18, V-29786-18.

193 A.D.3d 936 (2021)

142 N.Y.S.3d 422

2021 NY Slip Op 02392

In the Matter of Kadeem McFarlane, Respondent, v. Galissa Jones, Appellant. (Proceeding No. 1.) In the Matter of Galissa Jones, Appellant, v. Kadeem McFarlane, Respondent. (Proceeding No. 2.)

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

Decided April 21, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rhea G. Friedman , New York, NY, for appellant.

Joel Borenstein , Brooklyn, NY, for respondent.

Karen P. Simmons , Brooklyn, NY ( Janet Neustaetter of counsel), attorney for the child.

Dillon, J.P., Hinds-Radix, Duffy and Wooten, JJ., concur.


Ordered that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.

In February 2018, the father filed a petition for sole legal and physical custody of the parties' child, who was born in 2010. The parties were never married to each other. Thereafter, the mother filed a petition for sole legal and physical custody of the child. Following an eight-day hearing held over the span of several months, the Family Court awarded the father sole legal and physical custody...

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