Opinion
February 7, 2001.
Appeal from Order of Oneida County Family Court, Flemma, J.H.O. — Custody.
Pigott, Jr., P. J., Pine, Hurlbutt, Kehoe and Lawton, JJ.
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 N.Y.2d 167, 172-173; Matter of Paul C. v. Tracy C., 209 A.D.2d 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 A.D.2d 990, 991, lv denied 93 N.Y.2d 817).