In a child custody proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 6, a New York Family Lawyer said the mother appeals, as limited by her brief, from stated portions of an order of the Family Court, Queens County, which, after a hearing, inter alia, granted the father’s petition for sole…
A New York Family Lawyer said that, in a guardianship proceeding pursuant to Mental Hygiene Law article 81, in which the successor guardian of the person and property of the incapacitated person moved to settle his final account, the successor guardian appeals, as limited by his brief, from so much…
A New York Family Lawyer said a couple was married and the mother gave birth to their child later that year. They lived together in their native country. But, after an argument that happened between the couple, the mother left the marital home with her child. Thereafter, during the pendency…
A New York Family Lawyer said by amended petition, the petitioner alleges that the child is an abused and neglected child within the meaning of Family Court Act. The petition further alleges that the respondent woman is the mother of the child and that the man, a non-respondent in this…
A New York Family Lawyer said the decree of divorce was entered to dissolve the bonds of matrimony existing between a couple, restoring each to the status of a single person, awarding to the mother the care, custody and control of their minor children, and directing the father to pay…
A New York Family Lawyer said the child in question is mentally retarded and suffers from cerebral palsy and ataxia. A neglect finding was entered against the mother, and the child was placed in the custody of the father. Several months later, the child suffered a broken leg while under…
A New York Family Lawyer said an institution for children’s welfare requested to the court a decision without trial against a mother asserting that there are no genuine issues of fact. They also request for an order finding that the child is a neglected child and his sibling, a derivatively…
A New York Family Lawyer said in two related proceedings pursuant to Family Court Act, the mother appeals, as limited by her brief, from so much of an order of fact-finding and disposition of the Family Court, Kings County, as, after a fact-finding hearing, found that she neglected the subject…
A New York Family Lawyer said in a custody and visitation proceeding, the father appeals, as limited by his brief, from so much of an order of the Family Court, Kings County, as, after a hearing, granted those branches of the separate motions of the mother and the subject children…
The law guardian, on behalf of the subject child, moves to vacate a judgment, terminating the natural mother’s parental rights. The sole basis for the law guardian’s motion is that the subject child, now fourteen years of age, does not wish to be adopted by his maternal aunt with whom…