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Grandparent and Non-Parent Custody Requires Both Extraordinary Circumstances and the Best Interests of the Child

Posted on November 11, 2011
Posted in Custody and Visitation

Three appellate decisions published the last week in October provide a primer on awards of custody to non-parents.
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A graduate of Yale College and a Law Review graduate of the Hofstra University School of Law, Neil Cahn has practiced law on Long Island…

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