Bouie v. Arvelo-Smith

In a child custody proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 6, the mother *462appeals (1) from an order of the Family Court, Kings County (Gary, J.), dated June 24, 2003, which awarded the father, in effect, temporary custody of the parties’ child, (2) from an order of the same court (Grosvenor, J.), dated November 10, 2003, which, upon her failure to appear, inter alia, awarded custody of the parties’ child to the father, and (3) an amended order of the same court also dated November 10, 2003, which, upon her failure to appear, among other things, awarded custody of the parties’ child to…