Matter of Jorge A.V.G. (Marta G.)

In a guardianship proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 6, the petitioner Marta G. appeals from an order of the Family Court, Nassau County (Stack, J.H.O.), dated October 25, 2013, which, without a hearing, dismissed the petition.

Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, without costs or disbursements, the guardianship petition is reinstated, and the matter is remitted to the Family Court, Nassau County, for a hearing and determination of the petition thereafter.

The Family Court erred in dismissing the petition in which the subject child’s great-aunt and his mother requested…