Couse v. Couse

Appeals from two orders of the Family Court of Chenango County (Sullivan, J.), entered June 1, 2007, which dismissed petitioners’ applications, in two proceedings pursuant to Family Ct Act article 6, for visitation with their grandchildren.

Petitioners are the biological parents of respondent Peggy S. Couse and the grandparents of her three children. Petitioners filed two petitions seeking visitation with their grandchildren. Family Court dismissed the petitions, sua sponte, on the basis that petitioners were not entitled to visitation, as a matter of law, unless their daughter was no longer…