Case Name: In the Matter of Sheila Talbot, Appellant, v. Allen Talbot, Respondent. In the Matter of Allen Talbot, Respondent, v. Sheila Talbot, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1994-05-27
Citations: 204 A.D.2d 1029
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Sheila Talbot, Appellant, v Allen Talbot, Respondent. In the Matter of Allen Talbot, Respondent, v Sheila Talbot, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 204
Pages: 1029–1029

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Sheila Talbot, Appellant, v Allen Talbot, Respondent. In the Matter of Allen Talbot, Respondent, v Sheila Talbot, Appellant.
[614 NYS2d 959]

Opinion:
—Order unanimously affirmed without costs. Memorandum: Family Court properly considered the circumstances of the parties in determining the best interests of the child (see, Domestic Relations Law § 240; Eschbach v Eschbach, 56 NY2d 167; Friederwitzer v Friederwitzer, 55 NY2d 89). When the decision of a trial court is justified by the evidence, an appellate court should be reluctant to substitute its own decision (see, Eschbach v Eschbach, supra, at 173; Burke v White, 126 AD2d 838, 841; Robinson v Robinson, 111 AD2d 316, 318, appeal dismissed 66 NY2d 613). (Appeal from Order of Steuben County Family Court, Purple, Jr., J.—Custody.) Present—Denman, P. J., Green, Lawton, Wesley and Callahan, JJ. •