Gootkind v. Family Court

Edward Robinson, Jr., J.

This is a special proceeding instituted under article 78 of the CPLR in which the petitioner seeks an order restraining the Family Court of the State of New York from acting in the matter of Bernice Fabricant as petitioner and David Gootkind as respondent. David Gootkind the respondent, is the petitioner herein.

This application is made on the theory that by virtue of two orders made in the Supreme Court, Nassau County, that the Family Court has no jurisdiction to hear and determine the proceedings brought by Bernice Fabricant the petitioner in those proceedings. David…