PEO EX REL SIMMONS v. SHERIDAN


98 Misc.2d 328 (1979)

The People of the State of New York ex rel. Agatha Simmons, on Behalf of William Sheridan, Petitioner, v. Marie Sheridan et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court, Special Term, New York County.

February 22, 1979


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles J. Tejada and Esther D. Curtwright for petitioner. London & Buttenwieser (Helen L. Buttenwieser of counsel), for respondents.


FELICE K. SHEA, J.

In this proceeding, brought on by writ of habeas corpus and submitted on an agreed statement of facts, the legal issue presented is whether a maternal grandmother is entitled pursuant to section 72 of the Domestic Relations Law to visitation with a grandchild adopted by his paternal grandparents.

Petitioner is the grandmother of an 11-year-old boy, born out of wedlock to her deceased...

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