Legal Opinion
Matter of Nelson v. McGriff
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided July 8, 2015No. 2014-08731PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal from an order of the Family Court, Kings County (William Franc Perry, J.), dated August 1, 2014. The order dismissed, for lack of jurisdiction, the mother’s petition to modify a custody order so as to award her sole custody of the subject child.
Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, without costs or disbursements, the mother’s petition is reinstated, and the matter is remitted to the Family Court, Kings County, for further proceedings consistent herewith.
In 1999, the Family Court, Queens County, issued an order awarding sole custody of the subject child to the maternal…
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