Matter of Duran v. Mercado

Appeal by the mother from an order of the Family Court, Queens County (John M. Hunt, J.), dated August 2, 2016. The order, upon a decision of that court dated July 29, 2016, dismissed, without a hearing, the mother’s petition for custody of the parties’ child for lack of subject matter jurisdiction.

Ordered that on the Court’s own motion, the notice of appeal dated July 23, 2016, is deemed to be a premature notice of appeal from the order dated August 2, 2016 (see CPLR 5520 [c]); and it is further,

Ordered that the order dated August 2, 2016, is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.

On April…