Matter of David B v Claudia B.

Matter of David B. (Claudia B.) 2003 NY Slip Op 19746 [2 AD3d 725] December 22, 2003 Appellate Division, Second Department As corrected through Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. As corrected through Wednesday, February 25, 2004

In the Matter of David B. Claudia B., Respondent; Suffolk County Department of Social Services, Respondent. Robert C. Mitchell, Nonparty Appellant.

—In two related adoption proceedings pursuant to Family Court Act article 10, the Law Guardian appeals, by permission, from an order of the Family Court, Suffolk County (Lehman, J.), dated December 2, 2002, which, inter alia, granted the motion of the Suffolk County Department of Social Services to dismiss the petition of Claudia B., the aunt of the subject child.

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

The Family Court correctly dismissed the adoption petition filed by the aunt of the subject child (see Matter of David B., — AD3d — [decided herewith]). Santucci, J.P., Adams, Crane and Cozier, JJ., concur.