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MATTER OF AZMARA N.G. v. STEPHANIE S.

6961.

93 A.D.3d 404 (2012)

939 N.Y.S.2d 417

2012 NY Slip Op 1548

In the Matter of AZMARA N.G., Appellant, v. JESSE STEPHANIE S., Respondent, and ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN'S SERVICES, Respondent.

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

Decided March 1, 2012.

The evidence demonstrated that dismissal of the great-aunt's petition for custody in favor of freeing the subject children to be adopted by their foster parents is in the best interests of the children (see Matter of Alpacheta C., 41 A.D.3d 285 [2007], lv denied 9 N.Y.3d 812 [2007]). Members of the extended biological family do not have a preemptive statutory or constitutional right to custody in place of non-relatives (

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