Legal Opinion
Matter of Melody J.M.M. (Craig M.--Bertha H.)
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided February 15, 2017No. 2015-10903PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal by the subject child, by permission, from an order of the Family Court, Kings County (Judith D. Waksberg, J.), dated October 29, 2015. The order awarded the petitioner visitation with the child. By decision and order on motion dated December 3, 2015, this Court stayed enforcement of the order pending hearing and determination of the appeal.
Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, without costs or disbursements.
Custody of the subject child was granted to the maternal grandmother in 2010. In 2015, the grandmother died, and the child’s godparents filed a petition seeking…
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