MATTER OF MILAGROS R. v. QUAZAY S.R.

Docket Nos. V-47098/15, G-15789/17. Appeal Nos. 15184-15184A. Case No. 2019-2722.

202 A.D.3d 419 (2022)

158 N.Y.S.3d 564

2022 NY Slip Op 00637

In the Matter of Milagros R., Appellant, v. Quazay S.-R. et al., Respondents. In the Matter of Charlotte J., Appellant, v. Quazay S.-R. et al., Respondents.

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

Decided February 1, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel R. Katz , New York, for Milagros R., appellant.

Larry Bachner , New York, for Charlotte J., appellant.

Kenneth M. Tuccillo , Hasting on Hudson, for K'Shonna J., respondent.

Steven N. Feinman , White Plains, for Quazay S.-R., respondent.

James E. Johnson , Corporation Counsel, New York ( Jessica Miller of counsel), for Administration for Children's Services, respondent.

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

Concur—Kern, J.P., Friedman, Singh, Scarpulla, Rodriguez, JJ.


The aunt's argument that the grandmother's appeal is untimely is unavailing. The record does not establish whether the clerk of the court mailed the orders on appeal to the grandmother (see Family Ct Act § 1113).

Family Court's determination that it was in the best interests of the child to award kinship guardianship to the aunt, who has cared for the child since infancy, is supported by a sound and substantial...

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