Two New York children spent a school year with grandparents in North Carolina while their mother sought addiction treatment; a November 12 appeals court upheld primary custody for their father after a family dispute
A New York appeals court has upheld a decision giving a father primary physical custody of his two children after they spent a school year living with their grandparents in North Carolina while their mother received treatment for alcoholism. In a ruling issued on November 12, 2026, the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Third…

