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MATTER OF CLOVIS R.W. v. SANDRA D.

Docket Nos. V-00976/17, V-00977/17, G-38146/16, G-38147/16. Appeal No. 14024-14024A. Case No. 2019-05537.

195 A.D.3d 481 (2021)

150 N.Y.S.3d 71

2021 NY Slip Op 03565

In the Matter of Clovis R.W., Appellant, v. Sandra D., Respondent. In the Matter of Sandra D., Respondent, v. Clovis R.W., Appellant.

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

Decided June 8, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carol L. Kahn , New York, for appellant.

Leslie S. Lowenstein , Woodmere, for respondent.

Law and Mediation Office of Helene Bernstein, PLLC, Brooklyn ( Helene Bernstein of counsel), attorney for the children.

Concur—Kapnick, J.P., Singh, Moulton, González, JJ.

Petitioner father argues that respondent's permanent guardianship petition is facially insufficient for failure to plead unfitness or long-term economic abandonment. However, neither the statute nor the case he cites in support of this argument impose this pleading requirement (see Family Ct Act § 661; Matter of A.W.J., 65 Misc.3d 1055 [Fam Ct, Bronx County 2019]). Petitioner's argument that respondent lacked standing...

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