Legal Opinion
Locklear v. Andrews
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided June 25, 2014PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
In a visitation proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article *10026, the father appeals from an order of the Family Court, Kings County (Yellen, Ct. Atty. Ref.), dated November 8, 2012, which, sua sponte, dismissed his petition for visitation with the subject child on the ground of lack of jurisdiction.
Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, without costs or disbursements, the petition is reinstated, and the matter is remitted to the Family Court, Kings County, for further proceedings consistent herewith.
The parties are the parents of an 11-year-old son. On January 11, 2012, the father,…
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