PEOPLE EX REL. ACCOMANDO v. KIRSCHNER-MELENDEZ

2017-11719. Index No. 3556/16.

178 A.D.3d 944 (2019)

2019 NY Slip Op 09015

The People of the State of New York ex rel. Karen Accomando, on Behalf of J.A.A. and G.A., Respondent, v. Elizabeth Kirschner-Melendez, Appellant.

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

Decided December 18, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Heather A. Fig , Bayport, NY, for appellant.

Ronald S. Zimmer , Commack, NY, for respondent.

Azra Feldman , Uniondale, NY, attorney for the children.

Roman, J.P., Miller, Maltese and Iannacci, JJ., concur.


Ordered that the order is reversed, on the facts and in the exercise of discretion, without costs or disbursements, and the petition for grandparent visitation is denied.

The subject children were born in October 2011 and April 2013, respectively. The parental rights of both biological parents were subsequently terminated, and the children were adopted by the appellant in or around 2015. In April 2016, the petitioner, the children's paternal grandmother, commenced...

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