Matter of Darisa D. v Bienvenida D.
2006 NY Slip Op 01124 [26 AD3d 222]
February 14, 2006
Appellate Division, First Department
Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.
As corrected through Wednesday, April 19, 2006


In the Matter of Darisa D., Respondent,
v
Bienvenida D., Appellant.

[*1]Appeal from order, Family Court, New York County (Helen C. Sturm, J.), entered on or about January 26, 2005, which, after a trial, granted the petition for custody of the subject child, unanimously dismissed as moot, without costs.

The appeal has been rendered moot because, during its pendency, the subject child reached the age of majority and, accordingly, can no longer be the subject of a custody order (see Matter of Norwood v Capone, 15 AD3d 790, 792-793 [2005], appeal dismissed 4 NY3d 878 [2005]; Slater-Mau v Mau, 4 AD3d 658 [2004]; Matter of Lazaro v Lazaro, 227 AD2d 402 [1996]). The circumstances presented, including, in particular, that Family Court did not make any finding with respect to the allegations of abuse and mistreatment, do not warrant addressing the issues raised under an exception to the mootness doctrine (see Matter of Hearst Corp. v Clyne, 50 NY2d 707, 714-715 [1980]). Concur—Tom, J.P., Mazzarelli, Saxe, Nardelli and McGuire, JJ.