MATTER OF AKOL v. AFET

441 CAF 20-01518.

206 A.D.3d 1647 (2022)

167 N.Y.S.3d 872

2022 NY Slip Op 03641

In the Matter of Nyiboul M. Akol, Respondent, v. Makor Afet, Appellant.

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

Decided June 3, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

FRANK H. HISCOCK LEGAL AID SOCIETY, SYRACUSE ( DANIELLE K. BLACKABY OF COUNSEL), FOR RESPONDENT-APPELLANT.

Present—Whalen, P.J., Smith, Peradotto, Curran and Bannister, JJ.


It is hereby ordered that the order so appealed from is unanimously modified on the law by vacating those parts stating that the order is entered upon the default of respondent and that respondent failed to appear before Family Court, and as modified the order is affirmed without costs.

Memorandum: Respondent father appeals from an order that, inter alia, awarded sole legal and physical custody of the subject child to petitioner mother, with visitation to the father...

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