Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 2001

Jones v. Houck

Jones v. Houck
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided February 7, 2001
280 A.D.2d 969; 720 N.Y.S.2d 878; 2001 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 3472
Jones v. Houck

Opinion of the Court

—Order unanimously affirmed without costs. Memorandum: Family Court did not abuse its discretion in awarding primary placement of the child to respondent father. Contrary to petitioner mother’s contention, the court properly weighed the appropriate factors affecting the best interests of the child (see, Eschbach v Eschbach, 56 NY2d 167, 172-173; Matter of Paul C. v Tracy C., 209 AD2d 955, 956), “and the change made to the preexisting custodial arrangement has a sound and substantial basis in the record” (Matter of Schimmel v Schimmel, 262 AD2d 990, 991, lv denied 93 NY2d 817). (Appeal from Order of Oneida County Family Court, Flemma, J.H.O. — Custody.) Present— Pigott, Jr., P. J., Pine, Hurlbutt, Kehoe and Lawton, JJ.

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