Legal Opinion
Matter of Luft v. Luft
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided December 10, 2014No. 2014-01537PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal from an order of the Family Court, Orange County (Lori Currier Woods, J.), dated January 14, 2014. The order granted a petition pursuant to Family Court Act article 6 for grandparent visitation.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
In considering whether a grandparent has standing to petition for visitation rights based upon equitable circumstances, “an essential part of the inquiry is the nature and extent of the grandparent-grandchild relationship” (Matter of Emanuel S. v Joseph E., 78 NY2d 178, 182 [1991]), including whether the grandparent has a…
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