Legal Opinion
Luther v. Rate
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided April 4, 1996PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCardona, P. J.
Appeal from an order of the Family Court of Schenectady County (Reilly, Jr., J.), entered March 15, 1995, which, in a proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 6 and SCPA *804article 17, granted respondent Diane M. Rate’s motion to dismiss the petition for lack of standing.
Petitioners commenced this proceeding seeking, inter alia, custody of an infant horn out of wedlock in August 1994. Unfortunately, the child’s mother is deceased, allegedly killed by the child’s purported biological father on September 14, 1994. Before the mother’s death, she and the child lived with petitioner Jane F.…
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