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Smith v. Wood

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Mar 6, 2007
38 A.D.3d 561 (N.Y. App. Div. 2007)

Opinion

No. 2006-00306.

March 6, 2007.

In a custody proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 6, the father appeals, as limited by his notice of appeal and brief, from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Joseph, J.), dated December 9, 2005, as, upon granting his petition for a change of custody of the parties' children, directed him to provide a residence for the mother and pay expenses related thereto, and awarded visitation to the maternal grandmother and the maternal aunt.

Gassman Keidel, P.C., Garden City, N.Y. (Neil S. Cohen of counsel), for appellant.

William A. Cadel, Westbury, N.Y., Law Guardian for the children.

Before: Miller, J.P., Spolzino, Goldstein and McCarthy, JJ.


Ordered that the order is reversed insofar as appealed from, on the law, with costs.

Upon granting the father's petition for a change of custody, the Supreme Court erred in directing the father to provide a residence for the mother and pay expenses related thereto. The parties were never married, the children will no longer be residing with the mother, and this relief was never requested by the mother. Moreover, the Supreme Court erred in awarding visitation to the maternal grandmother and the maternal aunt, since neither relative was a party to this proceeding, and neither applied for such relief ( see Nir v Nir, 172 AD2d 651; see also Martinez v Dushko, 7 AD3d 584, 585; Matter of McAteer v Condon, 296 AD2d 412).


Summaries of

Smith v. Wood

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Mar 6, 2007
38 A.D.3d 561 (N.Y. App. Div. 2007)
Case details for

Smith v. Wood

Case Details

Full title:In the Matter of TREVOR SMITH, Appellant, v. JOANNE WOOD, Respondent

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department

Date published: Mar 6, 2007

Citations

38 A.D.3d 561 (N.Y. App. Div. 2007)
2007 N.Y. Slip Op. 1889
831 N.Y.S.2d 470

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