Court Opinion

ID: 5535387
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-01-10 18:19:51.782896+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:34:41.156446
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OPINION OF THE COURT
Memorandum.
The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed, with costs. In a custody contest between parent and non-*853parent, the question of best interests is not reached absent a showing of surrender, abandonment, unfitness, persistent neglect or other extraordinary circumstance (Matter of Bennett v Jeffreys, 40 NY2d 543). The Family Court found that petitioner’s evidence did not establish extraordinary circumstances. That finding having been affirmed by the Appellate Division is beyond our power of review (Laufer v Ostrow, 55 NY2d 305).
Chief Judge Cooke and Judges Jasen, Jones, Wachtler, Fuchsberg, Meyer and Simons concur.
Order affirmed, with costs, in a memorandum.