Legal Opinion
Gershon v. Cunningham
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided October 25, 2011PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
The Supreme Court purportedly referred certain material issues to a Judicial Hearing Officer (hereinafter JHO). A JHO derives authority through an order of reference from the court *945(see CPLR 4311), and an order of reference is made only upon the consent of the parties, except in limited circumstances not applicable here (see CPLR 4317; G. Rama Constr. Enters., Inc. v 80-82 Guernsey St. Assoc., LLC, 43 AD3d 863, 865 [2007]; Allison v Allison, 28 AD3d 406 [2006]; Fernald v Vinci, 302 AD2d 354 [2003]). Here, the record does not contain an order of reference, and the record is devoid of any…
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- Fernald v. VinciAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2003
- Harding v. BucheleAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1977
- Allison v. AllisonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2006
- Zellner v. TarnellAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2008
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