MATTER OF EDDIE S. v. SYLVIA S.

Docket Nos. V-27327-10/15B, V-27328-10/15B. Appeal No. 13725. Case No. 2019-04177. 2020-02692.

194 A.D.3d 435 (2021)

143 N.Y.S.3d 213

2021 NY Slip Op 02770

In the Matter of Eddie S., Appellant, v. Sylvia S., Respondent.

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

Decided May 4, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven P. Forbes , Jamaica, for appellant.

Bruce A. Young , Brooklyn, for respondent.

Richard L. Herzfeld, P.C., New York ( Richard L. Herzfeld of counsel), attorney for the children.

Concur—Gische, J.P., Mazzarelli, Oing, González, JJ.


A sound and substantial basis in the record supports the determination that it is in the children's best interests to remain in the custody of their mother (see Matter of Reven W. v Jenny Virginia D., 107 A.D.3d 445 [1st Dept 2013]). The court reached this determination after a full evidentiary hearing at which it had the opportunity to hear the testimony of the witnesses, including both parents, and separately interview the children...

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