MATTER OF MARCELA A. v. KNIGHT L.


64 A.D.3d 472 (2009)

881 N.Y.S.2d 635

In the Matter of MARCELA A., Appellant, v. KNIGHT L., Respondent.

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

Decided July 14, 2009.


The petition was correctly dismissed since it does not seek any relief cognizable by Family Court. Although appellant cites the general proposition that "Family Court has broad discretion in fashioning a remedy in matters of custody and visitation" (Matter of Wright v LaRose, 271 A.D.2d 615, 616 [2000]), her petition failed to request any specific remedy, and she failed to establish her entitlement to any relief in subsequent colloquy...

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