IN THE MATTER OF BISHME SMITH V YOLANDA KING
Motion No: CAF 25-00556
Slip Opinion No: 2026 NY Slip Op 63112(U)
Decided on February 18, 2026
Appellate Division, Fourth Department, Motion Decision
Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.
This motion is uncorrected and is not subject to publication in the Official Reports.


February 18, 2026

PRESENT: WHALEN, P.J., LINDLEY, CURRAN, BANNISTER, AND MONTOUR, JJ.

CAF 25-00556
Docket No: V-04283-18/24K

IN THE MATTER OF BISHME SMITH, PETITIONER-APPELLANT,

V

YOLANDA KING, RESPONDENT-RESPONDENT.


Petitioner-appellant having moved for an extension of time to perfect the appeal taken herein from an order of the Family Court, Onondaga County, entered March 20, 2025,

Now, upon reading and filing the papers with respect to the motion, and due deliberation having been had thereon,

It is hereby ORDERED that the motion is granted, the time to perfect the appeal is extended to March 20, 2026, and, in the event of failure to so perfect, the appeal is hereby dismissed without further order.

Memorandum: No further extensions of time to perfect will be granted to appellant's present counsel absent an unanticipated and extraordinary excuse for the delay.

Entered: February 18, 2026

Ann Dillon Flynn

Clerk of the Court