MATTER OF COVINGTON v. COLEMAN


34 A.D.3d 1107 (2006)

825 N.Y.S.2d 790

In the Matter of JAMES COVINGTON, Respondent, v. ROBIN COLEMAN, Appellant.

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

Decided November 22, 2006.


Lahtinen, J.

The parties are the parents of two children (born in 1992 and 1993). Petitioner (hereinafter the father), who is serving a life prison sentence in New Hampshire for murder, moved to set aside an April 1999 custody order upon the ground that he allegedly was never served with notice of that prior proceeding. The April 1999 order, which is not in the record, ostensibly granted respondent (hereinafter the mother) sole legal custody. The father reportedly...

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