Legal Opinion

In re Stephon M.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided May 10, 2011PublishedCited by 1 opinion

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

  1. Geneva B. v. Administration for Children's ServicesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2010
  2. Naomi C. v. Russell A.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2008

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Matter of Carol H. v. Shewanna H.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2015

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