In re the Guardianship of Vanessa D.

OPINION OF THE COURT

Paula J. Hepner, J.

*820Before the court is a motion to have Vanessa D. declared a “special immigrant” under the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 USC § 1101 [a] [27] [J]). For the reasons set forth below the motion is denied.

Vanessa D. was born in 1989. In August 2004, it is alleged that this child was brought to the United States by her father and began living with her mother. Thereafter the father returned to Haiti where he died in January 2005. In February 2006, the mother left Vanessa with the petitioner, a long-time friend of hers, and returned to Haiti where she died in…