MATTER OF JORDAN


60 A.D.3d 764 (2009)

875 N.Y.S.2d 188

In the Matter of JORDAN, an Infant. FAMILY FOCUS ADOPTION SERVICES, INC., et al., Appellants; MARIA B., Respondent.

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

Decided March 10, 2009.


Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, with one bill of costs to the appellants appearing separately and filing separate briefs, and the cross motion to dismiss the application of Maria B. is granted.

The Family Court erred in finding that Maria B., the putative paternal grandparent, has standing to seek visitation with the subject child. A grandparent has standing to seek visitation when either parent is deceased (see Domestic Relations Law §...

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