MATTER OF ELIKWU v. BENDTER

2021-08425. Docket No. V-903-19.

214 A.D.3d 979 (2023)

184 N.Y.S.3d 611

2023 NY Slip Op 01674

In the Matter of Ifechukwude Elikwu, Appellant, v. Urainia Bendter, Respondent.

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

Decided March 29, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tammi D. Pere , Jamaica, NY, for appellant.

Mark Diamond , Pound Ridge, NY, for respondent.

Karen P. Simmons , Brooklyn, NY ( Janet Neustaetter of counsel), attorney for the child.

LaSalle, P.J., Barros, Brathwaite Nelson and Miller, JJ., concur.


In a proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 6, the father appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (IDV Part) (Esther M. Morgenstern, J.), dated November 9, 2021. The order, without a hearing, dismissed the father's petition for custody of the parties' child without prejudice.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.

In 2019, the father filed a petition for custody of the parties' child. During court conferences...

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