Opinion
1232
May 22, 2003.
Order, Family Court, Bronx County (Gayle Roberts, J.), entered on or about November 16, 1999, inter alia, awarding custody of the subject child to petitioner father, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
Joanne A. Zervos, for respondent-appellant.
Mary Ellen Sweeney, for Law Guardian.
Before: Nardelli, J.P., Sullivan, Rosenberger, Wallach, Gonzalez, JJ.
The award of custody is supported by the weight of the evidence, including testimony and forensic evaluations received in prior proceedings, showing, inter alia, that respondent mother repeatedly and willfully refused to cooperate with petitioner's visitation before disappearing with the child altogether for a year ( see Vernon v. Vernon, 296 A.D.2d 186, 192, lv granted 99 N.Y.2d 568). We have considered and rejected respondent's other arguments.
THIS CONSTITUTES THE DECISION AND ORDER OF THE SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT.