Legal Opinion
Felicity II. v. Lance RR.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided March 2, 2006PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMugglin, J.
Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court (Rowley, J.), entered September 28, 2004 in Tompkins County, which granted petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to Family Ct Act article 6, for sole custody of respondents’ child.
The dispositive issue presented by this appeal is whether a Family Ct Act article 6 petition for custody of a child made by a nonparent may be entertained by the court during the pendency of an order of placement and a permanency plan designed to reunite parent and child. In this case, for the reasons hereinafter expressed, we answer the question in the negative…
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