Leval B. v. Kiona E.

In three related child custody proceedings pursuant to Family Court Act article 6, Leval B., the great aunt of the subject children, appeals from an order of the Family Court, Westchester County (Schauer, J.), entered June 19, 2012, which, after a hearing, dismissed her petitions for custody of the subject children.

Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, without costs or disbursements, the petitions are reinstated, and the matter is remitted to the Family Court, Westchester County, for further proceedings consistent herewith; in the interim, the subject children shall remain with…