Matter of Jones v. McDuffie

Appeal from an order of the Family Court, Suffolk County (Caren Loguercio, J.), dated July 24, 2014. In the order, the Family Court declined to sign the mother’s order to show cause accompanying her petition to modify the custody provisions of a prior order of that court dated October 25, 2013, so as to award her sole custody of the subject child.

Ordered that the appeal is dismissed as academic, without costs or disbursements, on the ground that the order dated July 24, 2014, is not appealable as of right, and we decline to grant leave to appeal since the appeal has been rendered academic.

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