MATTER OF CHAVEZ v. MALDONADO

2022-00183. Docket Nos. V-10546-21, V-11243-21.

213 A.D.3d 757 (2023)

182 N.Y.S.3d 740

2023 NY Slip Op 00659

In the Matter of Terci Mori Chavez, Appellant, v. Ana L. Padilla Maldonado, Respondent. (Proceeding No. 1.) In the Matter of Ana L. Padilla Maldonado, Respondent, v. Terci Mori Chavez, Appellant. (Proceeding No. 2.)

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

Decided February 8, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nathaniel B. Smith , New York, NY, for appellant.

Christine Theodore , Spring Valley, NY, for respondent.

Chinyere U. Eze-Nliam , Jamaica, NY, attorney for the child.

Connolly, J.P., Miller, Christopher and Taylor, JJ., concur.


In related proceedings pursuant to Family Court Act article 6, the father appeals from an order of the Family Court, Queens County (Elizabeth Fassler, J.), dated December 8, 2021. The order, insofar as appealed from, in effect, dismissed the father's petition for custody of the subject child on the ground that the Family Court lacked jurisdiction and directed that the child be released to the physical custody of the mother for...

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