Legal Opinion

Gross v. Siegman

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided April 29, 1996PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

In a proceeding pursuant to Domestic Relations Law § 72 to obtain visitation rights, the petitioner Edward Gross appeals from an order of the Family Court, Nassau County (Feiden, J.), dated June 22, 1995, which granted the motion of the respondents to dismiss that branch of the proceeding which sought visitation rights for the petitioner Edward Gross.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

The petitioner Edward Gross is not the biological grandfather of the children with whom he seeks visitation rights and he is not a legal grandparent by virtue of adoption. Accordingly, he is not the…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Alison D. v. Virginia M.New York Court of Appeals · 1991
  2. Hantman v. HellerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1995

3Cited by11 opinions

  1. In re JordanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2009
  2. B.S. v. B.T.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2017
  3. Faison v. Nassau County Department of Social ServicesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2010
  4. Chifrine v. BekkerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2012
  5. Peters v. CostelloSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2005

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