Legal Opinion
S.B. v. A.C.C.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided August 30, 2016PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Abdtjs-Salaam, J.
These two cases call upon us to assess the continued vitality of the rule promulgated in Matter of Alison D. v Virginia M. (77 NY2d 651 [1991])—namely that, in an unmarried couple, a partner without a biological or adoptive relation to a child is not that child’s “parent” for purposes of standing to seek custody or visitation under Domestic Relations Law § 70 (a), notwithstanding their “established relationship with the child” *14(77 NY2d at 655). Petitioners in these cases, who similarly lack any biological or adoptive connection to the subject children,…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Troxel v. GranvilleSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Obergefell v. HodgesSupreme Court of the United States · 2015
- People v. PequeNew York Court of Appeals · 2013
- People v. RudolphNew York Court of Appeals · 2013
- Finlay v. FinlayNew York Court of Appeals · 1925
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3Cited by58 opinions
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- Stega v. New York Downtown Hosp.New York Court of Appeals · 2018
- C.G. v. J.H.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2018
- In re Jamie J.Court for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors · 2017
- Trust v. BaruaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2020
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