Matter of Austin M. (Sarah H.)
2011 NY Slip Op 07961 [89 AD3d 1398]
November 10, 2011
Appellate Division, Fourth Department
Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.
As corrected through Wednesday, January 4th, 2012


In the Matter of Austin M. and Another, Infants. Oswego County Department of Social Services, Appellant; Sarah H., Respondent. Dale M., Intervenor-Respondent.

[*1] Nelson Law Firm, Mexico (Annalise M. Dykas of counsel), for petitioner-appellant.

The Fix Law Firm, Oswego (Robert H. Fix of counsel), for intervenor-respondent.

Charles H. Cieszeski, Attorney for the Children, Fulton, for Austin M. and Anna M.

Appeal from an order of the Family Court, Oswego County (Kimberly M. Seager, J.), entered March 28, 2011 in a proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 10. The order, among other things, placed the subject children in the custody of Dale M.

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

Memorandum: In this proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 10, petitioner appeals from an order that placed the children with the intervenor herein, who is the father of the children at issue. Since the entry of the order on appeal, Family Court issued another order after a lengthy permanency hearing and again placed the children with their father. This appeal must therefore be dismissed as moot (see Matter of Stephon Elijah G., 63 AD3d 640 [2009]; Matter of Destiny HH., 63 AD3d 1230, 1231 [2009], lv denied 13 NY3d 706 [2009]; Matter of Julia R., 52 AD3d 1310, 1311 [2008], lv denied 11 NY3d 709 [2008]). Present—Scudder, P.J., Smith, Centra, Green and Gorski, JJ.