Legal Opinion

Colon v. Delgado

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided May 2, 2013PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Order, Family Court, Bronx County (James E. d’Auguste, J.), entered on or about April 11, 2012, which, to the extent appeal-able, after a hearing, found that extraordinary circumstances existed to permit petitioner, the maternal grandmother, to petition for custody of the subject child and to divest respondent father of custody, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Family Court properly determined that the grandmother demonstrated the requisite extraordinary circumstances to seek custody (see Domestic Relations Law § 72 [2] [a]). Although the father has stated that he cares about the child’s…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Bennett v. JeffreysNew York Court of Appeals · 1976
  2. Joseph S. v. Michelle R.F.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2004
  3. Shemeek D. v. Teresa B.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2011

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Matter of Culberson v. FisherAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2015
  2. Matter of Jerrina P. (June H.--Shondell N.P.)Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2015
  3. Matter of Williams v. FrankAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2017
  4. In re Jessica Marie C.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2014
  5. In re Jessica Marie C.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2014

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