MATTER OF MARISOL N.H.

2013-06146 (Docket Nos. G-3195-13, G-3196-13, G-3197-13)

115 A.D.3d 185 (2014)

979 N.Y.S.2d 643

2014 NY Slip Op 664

In the Matter of MARISOL N.H., Appellant. (Proceeding No. 1.) In the Matter of SAMUEL D.H., Appellant. (Proceeding No. 2.) In the Matter of SILVIA J.H., Appellant. (Proceeding No. 3.)

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

Decided February 5, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theo Liebmann , Hempstead, for appellants.

MASTRO, J.P., RIVERA and LEVENTHAL, JJ., concur.


OPINION OF THE COURT

CHAMBERS, J.

On this appeal, we conclude that the subject children, facing the possibility of being separated from their only parent and returned to their native country where gang members have threatened their lives, may seek to have their natural mother appointed as their guardian as a first step toward obtaining legal residency in the United States.

The subject children, Samuel...

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