Legal Opinion

In re Jessica Marie C.

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

Decided June 24, 2014Published

1Opinion of the Court

Order of custody and disposition, Family Court, New York County (Susan K. Knipps, J.), entered on or about May 21, 2012, which, after a hearing, dismissed appellant father’s petition for custody of the subject child, and committed custody and guardianship of the child to petitioner agency and respondent Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) for the purpose of adoption, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

The court providently exercised its discretion in combining *602the dispositional hearing with the hearing as to whether extraordinary circumstances warranted awarding custody of the child…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. In Re the Guardianship of Star Leslie W.New York Court of Appeals · 1984
  2. Bennett v. JeffreysNew York Court of Appeals · 1976
  3. Colon v. DelgadoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2013

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