Matter of Diane T. v. Shawn N.

Order, Family Court, Bronx County (Robert D. Hettleman, J.), entered on or about March 4, 2016, which dismissed the petition for custody of the subject child, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Petitioner, the subject child’s grandmother, contends that she has standing to seek custody and/or visitation pursuant to Domestic Relations Law § 72 (1) (which addresses grandparents’ standing to seek visitation). However, she failed to demonstrate “that conditions exist which equity would see fit to intervene [sic]” (id.; see Matter of Emanuel S. v Joseph E., 78 NY2d 178, 182-183 [1991]). Petitioner…