Matter of Jelks v Wright

Matter of Jelks v Wright 2017 NY Slip Op 07838 Decided on November 9, 2017 Appellate Division, Fourth Department Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. This opinion is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the Official Reports.

Decided on November 9, 2017 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department
PRESENT: SMITH, J.P., CARNI, CURRAN, AND WINSLOW, JJ.
1213 CAF 16-00860

[*1]IN THE MATTER OF MELVIN JELKS, PETITIONER-RESPONDENT,

v

KIM WRIGHT, RESPONDENT-APPELLANT. (APPEAL NO. 1.)

BERNADETTE M. HOPPE, BUFFALO, FOR RESPONDENT-APPELLANT.

THOMAS R. LOCHNER, WILLIAMSVILLE, FOR PETITIONER-RESPONDENT.

JOSEPH BANIA, ATTORNEY FOR THE CHILD, BUFFALO.

Appeal from an order of the Family Court, Erie County (Deanne M. Tripi, J.), entered May 9, 2016 in a proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 6. The order, among other things, adjudged that the parties shall share joint custody of the subject child and designated petitioner the primary residential parent.

It is hereby ORDERED that the order so appealed from is unanimously affirmed without costs for reasons stated in the decision at Family Court.

Entered: November 9, 2017

Mark W. Bennett

Clerk of the Court