MATTER OF SANDRA M. v. CHE M.

Docket Nos. V-13569-19, NN-09569/17, B-21048/18. Appeal No. 15720-15721. Case Nos. 2020-04538, 2021-2515, 2021-02430.

204 A.D.3d 491 (2022)

164 N.Y.S.3d 452

2022 NY Slip Op 02489

In the Matter of Sandra M., Appellant, v. Che M., Deceased, et al., Respondents. In the Matter of Daisy M., an Infant. Che M., Deceased, et al., Respondents; Administration for Children's Services et al., Respondents. Sandra M., Proposed Intervenor-Appellant.

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

Decided April 14, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nelson, Robinson & El Ashmawy, PLLC, New York ( Daniel X. Robinson , of counsel) for appellant.

Joseph T. Gatti , New York, for Catholic Guardian Services, respondent.

Georgia M. Pestana , Corporation Counsel, New York ( Rebecca L. Visgaitis of counsel), for Administration for Children Services, respondent.

Dawne A. Mitchell , The Legal Aid Society, New York ( Claire V. Merkine of counsel), attorney for the child.

Concur—Acosta, P.J., Kern, González, Shulman, JJ.


The petition for custody of the subject child was rendered moot by the child's adoption by her long-term foster parent, finalized on June 2, 2021 (see Matter of Carmen P. v Administration for Children's Servs., 149 A.D.3d 577 [1st Dept 2017]). In any event, the court correctly dismissed the petition for lack of standing, as the child was already free for adoption by virtue of the death of her mother (id.).

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