MATTER OF FELICIA McM. v. JERROLD L.W.


51 A.D.3d 501 (2008)

859 N.Y.S.2d 7

In the Matter of FELICIA McM., Appellant, v. JERROLD L.W., Respondent.

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

Decided May 13, 2008.


The court properly dismissed the petition on the ground that it lacked jurisdiction over this custody matter. The evidence establishes that in 2001, the subject child's father, who resided in North Carolina, was awarded custody, and that in 2002, the child was placed with a paternal aunt in Georgia where he goes to school and has his special needs attended to by his aunt, a special education teacher. It is apparent that the child does not have a significant connection to...

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