Matter of Alma D. G.-L. v. Juan C.-P.

Appeal by the mother from an order of the Family Court, Dutchess County (Denise M. Watson, J.), entered December 16, 2016. The order, without a hearing, in effect, denied the mother’s motion for the issuance of an order, inter alia, making specific findings so as to enable the subject child to petition the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services for special immigrant juvenile status pursuant to 8 USC § 1101 (a) (27) (J).

Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, without costs or disbursements, and the matter is remitted to the Family Court, Dutchess County, for a hearing and a…