Matter of McAvoy v. McAvoy

Appeal by the paternal grandfather from an order of the Family Court, Richmond County (Peter F. DeLizzo, J.), dated January 4, 2017. The order, after a hearing, dismissed the paternal grandfather’s petition pursuant to Domestic Relations Law § 72 (1) for visitation with the subject child.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.

The petitioner, the paternal grandfather of the subject child, commenced this proceeding seeking visitation with the child. At the conclusion of the grandfather’s case at a hearing on the issue of standing, the Family Court dismissed the…