Matter of Carol H. v. Shewanna H.

Order, Family Court, New York County (Susan M. Doherty, Ref.), entered on or about May 27, 2014, which dismissed the petition by the subject children’s maternal grandmother for custody of the children, and denied petitioner’s motion for leave to amend the petition, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Petitioner, who has no relationship with the children and has not seen them for more than four years, failed to meet her heavy burden of establishing “extraordinary circumstances” in support of her custody application (see Matter of Bennett v Jeffreys, 40 NY2d 543, 544 [1976]; Matter of Jumper v…