MATTER OF MARCHANT v. MARCHANT

2019-07135. Docket Nos. V-1313/15, V-1314/15, V-1315/15.

185 A.D.3d 1035 (2020)

128 N.Y.S.3d 656

2020 NY Slip Op 04310

In the Matter of Garth Marchant, Appellant, v. Aziza Marchant et al., Respondents.

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

Decided July 29, 2020.


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

The petitioner (hereinafter the grandfather) sought visitation with his daughter's three children pursuant to Domestic Relations Law § 72(1). That provision "`does not create an absolute or automatic right of visitation. Instead, the statute provides a procedural mechanism for grandparents to acquire standing to seek visitation with a minor grandchild...

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