Grant v. Finney

Appeal from an order of the Family Court Chemung County (Brockway, J.), entered December 14, 2006, which dismissed petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to Family Ct Act article 6, for visitation with the parties’ child.

*1217In 2004, respondent moved to Maryland with the parties’ child. In 2006, petitioner commenced this proceeding to obtain visitation with the child. When neither party appeared at a scheduled hearing, Family Court dismissed the petition due to lack of jurisdiction. On petitioner’s appeal, we affirm.

Contrary to petitioner’s argument that he was improperly denied his…