Novick v. Galaso

Order, Family Court, Bronx County (Susan Larabee, J.), entered on October 24, 1990, which, inter alia, denied the grandmother’s petition for visitation with her grandchildren on the ground that she failed to meet the threshold requirements of section 72 of the Domestic Relations Law, unanimously reversed, on the law, the petition reinstated and the matter remanded to the Family Court for further proceedings not inconsistent with this decision, without costs.

Relying on the Second Department’s holding in Matter of Emanuel S. v Joseph E. (161 AD2d 83, revd 78 NY2d 178), the Family Court denied…