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MATTER OF DOOLITTLE v. ORANGE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES

304 A.D.2d 828 (2003)

757 N.Y.S.2d 858

In the Matter of ELEANOR DOOLITTLE, Appellant, v. ORANGE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, Respondent.

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

Decided April 28, 2003.

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

While grandparents have no absolute or automatic right to visitation in New York State, Domestic Relations Law § 72 provides them with a right to apply for such visitation under circumstances "which equity would see fit to intervene." Whether such visitation should be granted lies in the court's discretion and must be determined in light of what is in the best interest of the child (see Lo...

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