Opinion
03-29-2017
In the Matter of MEE YUNG PARK, appellant, v. Anthony Michael LUCENTE, respondent.
Mee Yung Park, Charlotte, NC, appellant pro se.
Mee Yung Park, Charlotte, NC, appellant pro se.
Appeal by the mother from an order of the Family Court, Suffolk County (Jeffrey Arlen Spinner, J.), dated May 23, 2016. The order denied the mother's petition for custody of the subject child and dismissed the proceeding.
ORDERED that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
The mother surrendered her parental rights to the subject child before she filed the instant custody petition. Thus, at the time she filed the instant petition, the mother was not a person entitled to seek custody of the child (see Matter of Adam S., 287 A.D.2d 723, 724, 732 N.Y.S.2d 418 ; Matter of Santosky v. Roach, 161 A.D.2d 908, 908–909, 557 N.Y.S.2d 473 ). Accordingly, the Family Court properly denied the petition and dismissed the proceeding (see Matter of Santosky v. Roach, 161 A.D.2d at 908–909, 557 N.Y.S.2d 473 ).
DILLON, J.P., ROMAN, COHEN and MILLER, JJ., concur.