IN THE MATTER OF KALKSTEIN v. RIST

2010-02677.

78 A.D.3d 947 (2010)

910 N.Y.S.2d 690

In the Matter of PAMELA KALKSTEIN, Appellant, v. JOEL RIST, Respondent. THERESA M. DANIELE, Attorney for the Child, Nonparty Respondent.

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

Decided November 16, 2010.


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

"To be afforded standing to seek grandparental visitation over the objection of a biological parent, the petitioning grandparent must establish an existing relationship with the grandchild, or sufficient efforts to establish one that have been unjustifiably frustrated by the parent. Only after such a favorable showing of the equities has been made will the court, considering all relevant facts and...

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