Family Court properly found that petitioner, the child's godmother, had standing to seek a nonparent guardianship without the father's consent (see Family Ct Act § 1055-b), because she established extraordinary circumstances existed following the mother's death. Petitioner demonstrated that she had a strong emotional bond with the child and was providing for the child's financial, educational, emotional and medical needs without contribution from the father, who...
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