Legal malpractice and related claims brought against lawyers representing a Manhattan divorce litigant who lost custody of her daughter have been dismissed because the lawyers’ advice did not the proximately cause the woman’s losses, but rather—at least in certain instances—her own actions did.

An Appellate Division, First Department, panel decided that plaintiff Jodi Knox’s claims, including malpractice, breach of fiduciary duty and fraud against Manhattan-based law firm Aronson, Mayefsky & Sloan, must be dismissed.