Matter of Autar v. Karim-Singh

Appeal by the petitioner from an order of the Family Court, Queens County (Anne-Marie Jolly, J.), dated July 16, 2015. The order, after a hearing, dismissed her family offense petition for lack of subject matter jurisdiction pursuant to Family Court Act § 812.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.

On October 29, 2014, the petitioner filed a family offense petition against the respondent, seeking an order of protection. The petitioner alleged that she was related to the respondent by marriage, as the respondent was her husband’s aunt. After a hearing, the Family…