MATTER OF HELEN G. v. JAMES K.T.

7727.

96 A.D.3d 666 (2012)

947 N.Y.S.2d 482

2012 NY Slip Op 5117

In the Matter of HELEN G., Appellant, v. JAMES K.T., Respondent, and LAVERNE W., Respondent.

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

June 26, 2012.


The Family Court erred in finding that petitioner, the child's paternal grandmother, who lives in the State of Georgia, does not have standing based on equitable circumstances to seek visitation (see Domestic Relations Law § 72 [1]; Matter of Emanuel S. v Joseph E., 78 N.Y.2d 178, 180 [1991]). The record establishes that although petitioner's relationship with the subject child became sporadic after he turned two years...

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