Cecilia M.P.S. v. Santos H.B.

In a guardianship proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 6, the mother appeals from an order of the Family Court, Nassau County (Dane, J.), dated June 5, 2013, which, without a hearing, dismissed the petition.

Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, without costs or disbursements, the guardianship petition is reinstated, and the matter is remitted to the Family Court, Nassau County, for a hearing and new determination of the guardianship petition thereafter.

The Family Court erred in dismissing the petition in which Cecilia M.ES. (hereinafter the petitioner) sought to be…