Czaban v. Czaban

In a family offense proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 8, the mother appeals from an order of the Family Court, Nassau County (Lawrence, J.), dated February 20, 2004, which, upon the failure of her attorney to appear at a hearing and upon the denial of her request for an adjournment of the hearing, dismissed her petition with prejudice.

Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law and as a mat*548ter of discretion, the petition is reinstated, and the matter is remitted to the Family Court, Nassau County, for a new hearing on the petition and a new determination thereafter, with…