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MATTER OF CORNELL S.J. v. ALTEMEASE R.J.

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164 A.D.3d 1184 (2018)

84 N.Y.S.3d 451

2018 NY Slip Op 06320

In the Matter of Cornell S.J., Respondent, v. Altemease R.J., Appellant.

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

Decided September 27, 2018.

Someone other than a parent has standing to seek custody of a child only if there are extraordinary circumstances (see Matter of Baby Doe, 4 Misc.3d 693, 694 [Fam Ct, Kings County 2004], citing Matter of Bennett v Jeffreys, 40 N.Y.2d 543 [1976]). Here, the children's adoptive mother (their great-grandmother), abandoned the children for five days without any adult care after she had an...

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