IN THE MATTER OF ASHLEE J. LAFOUNTAINE V LEIF E. WELLENSTEIN
Motion No: CAF 26-00434
Slip Opinion No: 2026 NY Slip Op 64541(U)
Decided on February 25, 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 25, 2026

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

CAF 26-00434
Docket Nos: V-1248-23, V-1249-23, V-1250-23,
V-1251-23, V-1461-23, V-1462-23,
V-1463-23, V-1464-23, V-1475-23,
V-1476-23, V-1477-23, V-1478-23,
V-1479-23, V-1480-23,
V-1481-23, V-1482-23

IN THE MATTER OF ASHLEE J. LAFOUNTAINE, PETITIONER-RESPONDENT,

V

LEIF E. WELLENSTEIN, RESPONDENT-PETITIONER.


Respondent-petitioner having moved for an extension of time to file a notice of appeal from an order of the Family Court, Steuben County, entered May 5, 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 denied (see Matter of Jones v Coughlin, 207 AD2d 1037, 1037 [4th Dept. 1994]).

Entered: February 25, 2026

Ann Dillon Flynn

Clerk of the Court