Matter of Maddox v. Maddox
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal from an order of the Family Court, Nassau County (Merik R. Aaron, J.), dated December 17, 2014. The order dismissed, without a hearing, the grandmother’s custody petition for lack of standing.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
In March 2014, the petitioner, who is the subject child’s paternal grandmother, filed a petition seeking custody of the subject child, who resided with the mother. Following several court appearances, the Family Court dismissed the grandmother’s custody petition, without a hearing, for lack of standing.
“In a child custody dispute…
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