Matter of Rosa Amanda L. R. v Carlos Arnoldo O. R. (2020 NY Slip Op 07580) Matter of Rosa Amanda L. R. v Carlos Arnoldo O. R. 2020 NY Slip Op 07580 Decided on December 16, 2020 Appellate Division, Second Department Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. This opinion is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the Official Reports. Decided on December 16, 2020 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department REINALDO E. RIVERA, J.P. SYLVIA O. HINDS-RADIX COLLEEN D. DUFFY VALERIE BRATHWAITE NELSON, JJ. 2020-01453 2020-01454 2020-01455 (Docket No. G-4712-19) [*1]In the Matter of Rosa Amanda L. R. (Anonymous), appellant, vCarlos Arnoldo O. R. (Anonymous), respondent. Bruno Joseph Bembi, Hempstead, NY, for appellant. DECISION & ORDER In a guardianship proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 6, the mother appeals from three orders of the Family Court, Nassau County (Catherine Rizzo, J.), all dated January 31, 2020. The first order, without a hearing, dismissed the petition to appoint the mother as guardian of the subject child. The second order denied the mother's motion to dispense with service on the father. The third order denied the mother's motion for the issuance of an order, inter alia, making specific findings so as to enable the child to petition the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services for special immigrant juvenile status pursuant to 8 USC § 1101(a)(27)(J). ORDERED that the orders are reversed, on the law, without costs or disbursements, the petition to appoint the mother as guardian of the subject child is reinstated, and the matter is remitted to the Family Court, Nassau County, for an expedited hearing and a new determination thereafter of the petition and the two motions. In May 2019, the mother filed a petition pursuant to Family Court Act article 6 to be appointed the guardian of the subject child for the purpose of obtaining an order, inter alia, making specific findings so as to enable the child to petition the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services for special immigrant juvenile status (hereinafter SIJS) pursuant to 8 USC § 1101(a)(27)(J). In an order dated January 31, 2020, the Family Court dismissed the mother's petition, without a hearing, on the ground that the mother's counsel failed to properly certify the copy of the child's birth certificate submitted in support of the petition. The court also denied the mother's motions (1) to dispense with service on the father, and (2) for the issuance of an order making the requisite declarations and specific findings so as to enable the child to petition for SIJS, on the basis that it had dismissed the guardianship petition. The mother appeals. We disagree with the Family Court's determination to dismiss the petition on the ground that counsel's identification of the child's birth certificate in his attorney certification was inadequate. Counsel's identification in the attorney certification he submitted with a copy of the child's birth certificate was sufficient to ...
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