Legal Opinion
Irons v. Ford
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided December 31, 2001PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
In a child custody proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 6, the petitioner appeals from an order of the Family Court, Kings County (Freeman, J.), dated May 8, 2000, which denied her petition for custody of her grandson and dismissed the proceeding.
*577Ordered that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
As custody of the child was transferred to the Administration for Children’s Services in June 1995 and the parental rights to the child were terminated in November 1999, the appellant’s recourse was to “seek adoption, and not mere custody of the child” (see, Matter of…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Mary Liza J. v. Orange County Department of Social ServicesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1993
- In re Rockland County Department of Social Services ex rel. Charles H.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994
3Cited by4 opinions
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- McHarris v. Administration for Children's ServicesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2008
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- Matter of North v. Christine Y.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2014