MATTER OF DONALD SAWYER


41 A.D.3d 606 (2007)

836 N.Y.S.2d 420

In the Matter of ANDREW R. DONALD SAWYER, Respondent; MENTAL HYGIENE LEGAL SERVICE, on Behalf of ANDREW R., Appellant.

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

Decided June 12, 2007.


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

Contrary to the appellant's contentions, the petitioner met his burden of establishing the need for a change of venue (see Mental Hygiene Law § 9.31 [a]; accord O'Brien v Vassar Bros. Hosp., 207 A.D.2d 169, 172-173 [1995]). Balanced against this showing, the appellant failed to demonstrate sufficient reason for maintaining venue in Queens County...

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