Ileana C. v. Administration for Children's Services

Order, Family Court, New York County (Susan M. Doherty, Ref.), entered on or about April 11, 2007, which denied petitioner’s application for grandparent visitation and dismissed the petition with prejudice, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

*425Petitioner failed to demonstrate that she had standing to pursue visitation and that visitation would be in the subject children’s best interests (see Domestic Relations Law § 72 [1]; Matter of E.S. v P.D., 8 NY3d 150, 157 [2007]). Aside from one visit shortly after the children were placed in foster care, petitioner had no relationship with the children…