Opinion
11838 Dkt. V43479-80/13
07-16-2020
In re GEORGIANNA N., Petitioner–Appellant, v. CARMEN V., et al., Respondents–Respondents.
Law Office of Randall S. Carmel, Jericho (Randall S. Carmel of counsel), for appellant. Law Office of Lewis S. Calderon, Jamaica (Lewis S. Calderon of counsel), for respondents. Andrew J. Baer, New York, attorney for the child, Albert G. Larry S. Bachner, New York, attorney for the child, Linda Rose G.
Law Office of Randall S. Carmel, Jericho (Randall S. Carmel of counsel), for appellant.
Law Office of Lewis S. Calderon, Jamaica (Lewis S. Calderon of counsel), for respondents.
Andrew J. Baer, New York, attorney for the child, Albert G.
Larry S. Bachner, New York, attorney for the child, Linda Rose G.
Manzanet–Daniels, J.P., Mazzarelli, Gesmer, Oing, Singh, JJ.
Appeal from order, Family Court, New York County (Pamela Scheininger, Referee), entered on or about February 1, 2019, which dismissed petitioner grandmother's petition seeking an order of visitation with her two biological grandchildren, unanimously dismissed, without costs, for lack of subject matter jurisdiction.
This case should have been dismissed for lack of continuing jurisdiction under Domestic Relations Law (DRL) 76–a[1][b] as the parents and children no longer reside in New York, but in Florida (see Matter of Kevin McK. v. Elizabeth A.E., 151 A.D.3d 600, 600, 54 N.Y.S.3d 17 [1st Dept. 2017], lv denied 32 N.Y.3d 944, 84 N.Y.S.3d 78, 108 N.E.3d 1025 [2018] ). In view of our dismissal on this basis, we need not reach the balance of appellant's arguments.