In re Stephon M.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Order, Family Court, New York County (Rhoda J. Cohen, J.), entered on or about May 27, 2010, which, in a proceeding pursuant to article 6 of the Family Court Act, dismissed, without a hearing, a petition for custody of a child, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
Petitioner, who is unrelated to the subject child, failed to make a sufficient evidentiary showing to support his conclusory and nonspecific allegations that special circumstances justified a hearing on the issue of whether awarding him custody would be *498in the child’s best interests (see Naomi C. v Russell A., 48 AD3d 203, 203…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Geneva B. v. Administration for Children's ServicesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2010
- Naomi C. v. Russell A.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2008
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