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MATTER OF R. v. M.

237 A.D.2d 127 (1997)

654 N.Y.S.2d 748

In the Matter of Alma R., Appellant, v. Ruth M. et al., Respondents

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

March 6, 1997

As the grandmother of the subject child, petitioner has no preemptive statutory or constitutional right to custody surpassing that of strangers who might be selected by the Commissioner of Social Services as suitable adoptive parents (Matter of Peter L., 59 N.Y.2d 513, 519-520; Ruiz v Puerto Rican Assn. for Community Affairs, 174 A.D.2d 542; Matter of Chiquita J.,

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