Matter of Leonardo v. Meyers

Appeal from an order of the Family Court, Richmond County (Alexandra Byun, Ct. Atty. Ref.), dated November 13, 2014. The order, after a hearing, dismissed a family offense petition, with prejudice, for failure to prosecute.

Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law and the facts, without costs or disbursements, the petition is reinstated and granted, and the matter is remitted to the Family Court, Richmond County, for a dispositional hearing and determination thereafter.

Since 2010, the petitioner and the respondent have been involved in a protracted, acrimonious dispute involving the…