Custody rights.

Practice point: As between a parent and a nonparent, the parent has the superior custody right which cannot be denied unless the nonparent establishes that there is an extraordinary circumstance such as surrender, abandonment, persistent neglect, unfitness, or involuntary disruption of custody over an extended period of time.

Case: Cockrell v. Burke, NY Slip Op 03452 (2d Dept. 2008)