Doolittle v. Orange County Department of Social Services

In a proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 6 and Domestic Relations Law § 72 for grandparent visitation, the paternal grandmother appeals from an order of the Family Court, Orange County (McGuirk, J.), entered October 28, 1999, which, after a hearing, denied the petition and dismissed the proceeding.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.

While grandparents have no absolute or automatic right to visitation in New York State, Domestic Relations Law § 72 provides them with a right to apply for such visitation under circumstances “which equity would see fit…