Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York October 18, 2012 (Rush v. Roscoe)

Garry, J.

Respondents, Sheldon Roscoe Sr. (hereinafter the father) and Mary Gee (hereinafter the mother), are the parents of a child (born in 1999). For the first eight months of her life, the child resided with respondents. Thereafter, and for approximately one year, she resided with petitioner, her maternal aunt, in the City of Schenectady, Schenectady County.