Opinion
Submitted October 2, 2001.
October 29, 2001.
In a guardianship proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 6, the mother appeals from an order of the Family Court, Kings County (Segal, J.), dated July 31, 1997, which denied her custody of the minor child and granted guardianship of the child to the petitioner paternal grandmother.
Robert F. Nicholson, Brooklyn, N.Y., for appellant.
Carol Kahn, New York, N.Y., Law Guardian for the child.
Before: GABRIEL M. KRAUSMAN, J.P., LEO F. McGINITY, HOWARD MILLER, NANCY E. SMITH, JJ.
ORDERED that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
Contrary to the mother's contention, the Family Court properly determined that extraordinary circumstances existed (see, Matter of Bennett v. Jeffreys, 40 N.Y.2d 543; Matter of Bannister v. Bannister, 81 A.D.2d 913). The court properly determined that the best interests of the child would be served by granting guardianship to the petitioner (see, Matter of Louise E.S. v. W. Stephen S., 64 N.Y.2d 946; Eschbach v. Eschbach, 56 N.Y.2d 167; Friederwitzer v. Friederwitzer, 55 N.Y.2d 89; Matter of Bennett v. Jeffreys, supra, at 551-552; Matter of Banks v. Banks, 285 A.D.2d 686 [3d Dept., July 5, 2001]).
KRAUSMAN, J.P., McGINITY, H. MILLER and SMITH, JJ., concur.