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MATTER OF JUSTICE V.

Docket No. B-43944/16, V-17504/17. Appeal No. 13826-13826A. Case No. 2020-01296.

194 A.D.3d 531 (2021)

2021 NY Slip Op 03129

In the Matter of Justice V., an Infant. New York Foundling Hospital et al., Respondents; Stephanie M. et al., Respondents. In the Matter of Ana R.V., Appellant, Administration for Children's Services et al., Respondents.

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

Decided May 13, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Larry S. Bachner , New York, for appellant.

Daniel Gartenstein , Long Island City, for respondents.

Dawne A. Mitchell , The Legal Aid Society, New York ( Amy Hausknecht , of counsel), attorney for the child.

Concur—Renwick, J.P., Manzanet-Daniels, Kennedy, Shulman, JJ.

Petitioner-appellant, the child's paternal grandmother, "has no preemptive statutory or constitutional right to custody surpassing that of persons who might be selected by the agency as suitable adoptive parents" (Matter of Geneva B. v Administration for Children's Servs., 73 A.D.3d 406, 406 [1st Dept 2010]). The record shows that the child has a close relationship with the foster parent, who has loved and cared for him since he...

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