Emanuel S. v. Joseph E.

New York Court of Appeals · Decided 1991-07-01

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OPINION OF THE COURT Simons, J. The narrow issue presented is whether section 72 of the Domestic Relations Law may be applied to grant standing to grandparents seeking visitation with a grandchild when the nuclear family is intact and the parents object to visitation. The question arises on the petition of Emanuel S., the grandfather of Max, an infant born to respondents in 1986. Petitione…

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