MATTER OF GABRIELLA E. v. JOE V.

Docket No. V-02820/16. V-03795/16. Appeal No. 13847. Case No. 2018-04648.

194 A.D.3d 542 (2021)

143 N.Y.S.3d 875

2021 NY Slip Op 03144

In the Matter of Gabriella E., Respondent, v. Joe V., Appellant.

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

Decided May 18, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The Law Offices of Salihah R. Denman, PLLC, New York ( Salihah R. Denman of counsel), for appellant.

Kenneth M. Tuccillo , Hastings on Hudson, for respondent.

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

Concur—Kern, J.P., Oing, Singh, Moulton, JJ.


The court properly awarded petitioner mother sole custody of the child since she has always been the child's primary caregiver, respondent has never paid child support, and the child has a close bond with his half-sister, who lives with petitioner (see Matter of Rena M. v Derrick A., 122 A.D.3d 457, 458 [1st Dept 2014], lv denied 29 N.Y.3d 906

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