Matter of Keon D.W. (Desire E.)

Matter of Keon D.W. (Desire E.) 2018 NY Slip Op 08878 Decided on December 21, 2018 Appellate Division, Fourth Department Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. This opinion is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the Official Reports.

Decided on December 21, 2018 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department
PRESENT: WHALEN, P.J., CENTRA, PERADOTTO, CURRAN, AND WINSLOW, JJ.
1456 CAF 16-00088

[*1]IN THE MATTER OF KEON D.W. NIAGARA COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, PETITIONER-RESPONDENT; DESIRE E., RESPONDENT-APPELLANT.

CHARLES J. GREENBERG, AMHERST, FOR RESPONDENT-APPELLANT.

ANTHONY L. RESTAINO, LOCKPORT, FOR PETITIONER-RESPONDENT.

MELISSA A. CAVAGNARO, BUFFALO, ATTORNEY FOR THE CHILD.

Appeal from an order of the Family Court, Niagara County (John F. Batt, J.), entered December 22, 2015 in a proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 10. The order placed the subject child in the temporary custody of his father.

It is hereby ORDERED that said appeal is unanimously dismissed without costs.

Memorandum: Respondent mother appeals from an order entered in a proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 10, which awarded temporary custody of her son to the son's biological father while she was incarcerated. We dismiss the appeal because a finding of neglect and final dispositional order was entered during the pendency of this appeal. An appeal from a temporary order is "rendered moot by Family Court's subsequent finding of neglect" and issuance of a final dispositional order, and thus "must be dismissed" (Matter of Makayleigh A. [Miranda A.], 146 AD3d 1103, 1104 [3d Dept 2017]; see Matter of Bruce P., 138 AD3d 864, 865 [2d Dept 2016]; Matter of John S., 26 AD3d 870, 870 [4th Dept 2006]). " Inasmuch as a temporary order is not a finding of wrongdoing, the exception to the mootness doctrine does not apply' " (Matter of Faith B. [Rochelle C.], 158 AD3d 1282, 1282-1283 [4th Dept 2018], lv denied 31 NY3d 910 [2018]; see Matter of Cali L., 61 AD3d 1131, 1133 [3d Dept 2009]).

Entered: December 21, 2018

Mark W. Bennett

Clerk of the Court