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In re Kimberly M

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Nov 19, 2009
67 A.D.3d 562 (N.Y. App. Div. 2009)

Opinion

No. 1526.

November 19, 2009.

Appeal from order, Family Court, New York County (Susan M. Doherty, Ref), entered on or about May 8, 2008, which, inter alia, directed a trial discharge of the subject child by petitioner agency to the nonrespondent father, unanimously dismissed, without costs, as moot.

Louise Belulovich, New York, for appellant.

Before: Andrias, J.P., Sweeny, Nardelli, Catterson and DeGrasse, JJ.


The appeal is moot because the May 8, 2008 order was superseded by an order of custody and visitation, same court and Referee, entered on or about June 30, 2009, on the stipulation of respondent mother, petitioner agency, the law guardian, and the nonrespondent father, awarding custody to the father ( see e.g. Matter of Breeyanna S., 52 AD3d 342, lv denied 11 NY3d 711).

Were we to consider the merits, we would find that the Referee's determination that the trial discharge to the father was in the child's best interest was amply supported by the evidence that while the mother had relapsed in her addiction, the father had remained clean, that while the mother was ineligible for housing assistance, the father was eligible, and that while the mother was unemployed, the father had been gainfully employed for a year ( see Eschbach v Eschbach, 56 NY2d 167, 172).


Summaries of

In re Kimberly M

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Nov 19, 2009
67 A.D.3d 562 (N.Y. App. Div. 2009)
Case details for

In re Kimberly M

Case Details

Full title:In the Matter of KIMBERLY M., an Infant. NANCY L., Appellant…

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

Date published: Nov 19, 2009

Citations

67 A.D.3d 562 (N.Y. App. Div. 2009)
2009 N.Y. Slip Op. 8501
888 N.Y.S.2d 402

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