A Family Court judge’s rulings that a fetus is a “child” under New York’s Family Court Act have been vacated by a Manhattan appellate court.
A unanimous panel of the Appellate Division, First Department, said Thursday that even though the appeal was moot, the rulings of Manhattan Family Court Judge Stewart Weinstein had to be dropped “in the exercise of discretion” because they “may spawn legal consequences or be cited as precedent.”
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