Bonilla v. Narvaez

OPINION OF THE COURT

Nardelli, J.

The minor child Jose was taken by his mother, the respondent, from his father, the petitioner, with whom he had lived in New York for some years, after the father was arrested and extradited to Wisconsin to answer charges of custody interference which were dismissed by the Wisconsin courts. Almost immediately upon his return to New York, the father went to Family Court and filed a paternity petition and a custody petition, seeking, inter alia, the appointment of counsel. At that point, if the Family Court had acted upon the paternity petition, it would have had…