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Matter of Hantman v. Heller

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Mar 27, 1995
213 A.D.2d 637 (N.Y. App. Div. 1995)

Opinion

March 27, 1995

Appeal from the Supreme Court, Queens County (Smith, J.).


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

The petitioner is not the biological grandmother of the child, with whom she seeks visitation nor is she a legal grandparent by virtue of adoption. Accordingly she is not the child's "grandparent" within the meaning of Domestic Relations Law § 72 and thus has no right thereunder to seek visitation (see, Matter of Alison D. v. Virginia M., 77 N.Y.2d 651, 656). Mangano, P.J., O'Brien, Ritter, Pizzuto and Florio, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Matter of Hantman v. Heller

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Mar 27, 1995
213 A.D.2d 637 (N.Y. App. Div. 1995)
Case details for

Matter of Hantman v. Heller

Case Details

Full title:In the Matter of MARY HANTMAN, Appellant, v. STACEY HELLER, Respondent

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

Date published: Mar 27, 1995

Citations

213 A.D.2d 637 (N.Y. App. Div. 1995)
624 N.Y.S.2d 64

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