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MATTER OF AUSTROLYN O. v. MICHELLE R.

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135 A.D.3d 414 (2016)

21 N.Y.S.3d 878

2016 NY Slip Op 00013

In the Matter of AUSTROLYN O., Respondent, v. MICHELLE R., Appellant, et al., Respondent.

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

Decided January 5, 2016.

The Family Court properly denied respondent mother's motion to vacate the custody order and to reopen the underlying custody proceeding. The record of the proceedings demonstrates that the mother's decision to waive her right to counsel and proceed pro se was knowing and voluntary, and made after appropriate inquiries by the court (see Matter of James Joseph M. v Rosana R., 32 A.D.3d 725, 727 [1st Dept 2006], lv denied 7 N...

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