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Snypes v. Administration for Children's Serv

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Sep 29, 2003
308 A.D.2d 593 (N.Y. App. Div. 2003)

Opinion

2002-09086

Submitted September 15, 2003.

September 29, 2003.

In a custody proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 6, the petitioner appeals from an order of the Family Court, Queens County (Seiden, R.), dated July 25, 2002, which granted the motion of the Administration for Children's Services to dismiss her petition for custody of her grandson.

David Bliven, Jamaica, N.Y., for appellant.

Carrieri Carrieri, P.C., Mineola, N.Y. (Ralph Carrieri of counsel), for respondent.

John W. Casey, Long Island City, N.Y., Law Guardian for the child.

Before: ANITA R. FLORIO, J.P., SANDRA J. FEUERSTEIN, STEPHEN G. CRANE, REINALDO E. RIVERA, JJ.


DECISION ORDER

ORDERED that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.

In November 1997 the appellant's grandson was placed in foster care. In January 2000 parental rights were terminated and the child was freed for adoption. In November 2000 the appellant petitioned for custody of the child. The Family Court properly granted the respondent's motion to dismiss the petition without a hearing, as the appellant's recourse was to seek adoption, not mere custody of the child ( see Matter of Patience B. v. Administration for Children's Servs., 306 A.D.2d 473; Matter of Irons v. Ford, 289 A.D.2d 576, 577; Matter of Rockland County Dept. of Social Servs., 207 A.D.2d 788, 789; Social Services Law § 384-b).

FLORIO, J.P., FEUERSTEIN, CRANE and RIVERA, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Snypes v. Administration for Children's Serv

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Sep 29, 2003
308 A.D.2d 593 (N.Y. App. Div. 2003)
Case details for

Snypes v. Administration for Children's Serv

Case Details

Full title:IN THE MATTER OF PATRICIA SNYPES, appellant, v. ADMINISTRATION FOR…

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

Date published: Sep 29, 2003

Citations

308 A.D.2d 593 (N.Y. App. Div. 2003)
765 N.Y.S.2d 519

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