Awoleke v. Awoleke

In a family offense proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 8, Salimata Awoleke appeals from an order of the Family Court, Queens County (O’Connor, J.), dated March 27, 2009, which granted Samuel Awoleke’s motion to dismiss the petition for her failure to establish a prima facie case.

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, Queens County, for further proceedings before another Judge in accordance herewith.

On April 12, 2007, Salimata Awoleke (hereinafter the petitioner)…