IN RE MICHAEL M., A DEPENDENT CHILD UNDER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN YEARS, ETC., MARITZA H., pet-ap, SAINT DOMINIC'S HOME, res-res, ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN'S SERVICES, res

9239. IN RE MICHAEL M., A DEPENDENT CHILD UNDER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN YEARS, ETC., MARITZA H., pet-ap, SAINT DOMINIC'S HOME, res-res, ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN'S SERVICES, res — Israel P. Inyama, New York, for ap — Warren & Warren, P.C., Brooklyn (Ira L. Eras of counsel), for Saint Dominic's Home, res — TAMARA A. STECKLER, THE LEGAL AID SOCIETY, NEW YORK (PATRICIA COLELLA OF COUNSEL), ATTORNEY FOR THE CHILD.—Order, Family Court, Bronx County (Karen I. Lupuloff, J.), entered on or about May 18, 2011, which, following a hearing, dismissed, with prejudice, the petition for custody of the subject child, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

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9239. IN RE MICHAEL M., A DEPENDENT CHILD UNDER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN YEARS, ETC., MARITZA H., pet-ap, SAINT DOMINIC’S HOME, res-res, ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN’S SERVICES, res — Israel P. Inyama, New York, for ap — Warren & Warren, P.C., Brooklyn (Ira L. Eras of counsel), for Saint Dominic’s Home, res — TAMARA A. STECKLER, THE LEGAL AID SOCIETY, NEW YORK (PATRICIA COLELLA OF COUNSEL), ATTORNEY FOR THE CHILD.—Order, Family Court, Bronx County (Karen I. Lupuloff, J.), entered on or about May 18, 2011, which, following a hearing, dismissed, with prejudice, the petition for custody of the subject child, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Family Court providently exercised its discretion in finding that petitioner, the child’s paternal grandmother, did not establish the requisite extraordinary circumstances to seek custody (see Domestic Relations Law §72[2] [a]). Further, the record amply supports Family Court’s determination that it is in the child’s best interests to deny custody to petitioner (see Matter of Amber B., 50 AD3d 1028, 1029 [2d Dept 2008]). The record shows that the foster mother had provided a positive environment for the child, had tended to his special needs, and had expressed a desire to adopt the child, while petitioner had not seen the child for five years. The child, who had been in the foster home for five years, also had no desire to have contact with the petitioner and sought to be adopted (see Matter of Geneva B. v. Administration for Children’s Servs., 73 AD3d 406, 406 [1st Dept 2010]).

IN RE MICHAEL M., A DEPENDENT CHILD UNDER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN YEARS, ETC., MARITZA H., pet-ap, SAINT DOMINIC'S HOME, res-res, ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN'S SERVICES, res

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