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MOTHER’S PETITION TO REGAIN CUSTODY FROM GRANDMOTHER SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN DISMISSED FOR FAILURE TO DEMONSTRATE A CHANGE IN CIRCUMSTANCES BECAUSE THE AWARD OF CUSTODY TO GRANDMOTHER WAS BY CONSENT, GRANDMOTHER DEMONSTRATED EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES JUSTIFYING THE AWARD OF CUSTODY TO HER, MATTER REMITTED FOR HEARING TO DETERMINE BEST INTERESTS OF THE CHILD (THIRD DEPT).

The Third Department determined grandmother had met her burden showing extraordinary circumstances warranting the award of custody to her. The matter was remitted for a determination whether the grandmother’s custody was in the best interests of the child. The court noted that Family Court should not have dismissed mother’s petition for custody for failure to show a change in circumstances. Custody was previously awarded to grandmother by consent:

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“[W]here, as here, a parent seeks to regain custody from a nonparent . . .[,] it is well established that, unless a finding of extraordinary circumstances was made in a prior order, the parent is not required to prove a change in circumstances as a threshold matter” … .A prior “consent order, standing alone, does not constitute a judicial finding [or an admission] of surrender, abandonment, unfitness, neglect or other extraordinary circumstances” … .

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As to the issue of extraordinary circumstances, as relevant here, a grandparent “may make the requisite showing of extraordinary circumstances . . . by establishing that there has been an ‘extended disruption of custody'” … . An extended disruption of custody includes, “but [is] not limited to, a prolonged separation of the . . . parent and the child for a least [24] continuous months during which the parent voluntarily relinquished care and control of the child and the child resided in the household of the . . . grandparent” … . When considering whether the parent voluntarily relinquished care and control of the child and the child resided with the grandparent for the requisite period of time, factors to consider “‘include the length of time the child has lived with the nonparent, the quality of that relationship and the length of time the parent allowed such custody to continue without trying to assume the primary parental role'” …  .

Once the maternal grandmother met her threshold burden, Family Court was obligated to determine what disposition would be in the child’s best interests … . Matter of Christy T. v Diana T., 2017 NY Slip Op 08916, Third Dept 12-21-17

 

FAMILY LAW (MOTHER’S PETITION TO REGAIN CUSTODY FROM GRANDMOTHER SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN DISMISSED FOR FAILURE TO DEMONSTRATE A CHANGE IN CIRCUMSTANCES BECAUSE THE AWARD OF CUSTODY TO GRANDMOTHER WAS BY CONSENT, GRANDMOTHER DEMONSTRATED EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES JUSTIFYING THE AWARD OF CUSTODY TO HER, MATTER REMITTED FOR HEARING TO DETERMINE BEST INTERESTS OF THE CHILD (THIRD DEPT))/CUSTODY (NONPARENT, MOTHER’S PETITION TO REGAIN CUSTODY FROM GRANDMOTHER SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN DISMISSED FOR FAILURE TO DEMONSTRATE A CHANGE IN CIRCUMSTANCES BECAUSE THE AWARD OF CUSTODY TO GRANDMOTHER WAS BY CONSENT, GRANDMOTHER DEMONSTRATED EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES JUSTIFYING THE AWARD OF CUSTODY TO HER, MATTER REMITTED FOR HEARING TO DETERMINE BEST INTERESTS OF THE CHILD (THIRD DEPT))

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