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IN RE: UNIQUE R. (Anonymous). Administration for Children's Services, petitioner-respondent; Dawn M. (Anonymous), respondent; Gilbert R. (Anonymous), nonparty-appellant.
In a child protective proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 10, the nonparty father appeals from an order of the Family Court, Kings County (Hall, J.), dated May 11, 2006, which, after a hearing pursuant to Family Court Act § 1028, inter alia, in effect, denied his application to have the subject child returned to his custody, denied the mother's application to have the subject child returned to her custody, continued the child's temporary removal from the care of the father, and directed the mother to perform certain actions. Assigned counsel has submitted a brief in accordance with Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493, in which he moves to be relieved of the assignment to prosecute this appeal.
ORDERED that the nonparty father's appeal from so much of the order as denied the mother's application to have the subject child returned to her custody and directed her to perform certain actions is dismissed, as he is not aggrieved by those portions of the order (see CPLR 5511; Matter of Seasia D., 25 A.D.3d 607, 608, 808 N.Y.S.2d 415); and it is further,
ORDERED that the appeal from so much of the order as continued the temporary removal of the subject child from the care of the father is dismissed as academic; and it is further,
ORDERED that the order is affirmed insofar as reviewed, without costs or disbursements.
The appeal from so much of the order as temporarily removed the subject child from the care of the father must be dismissed as academic because that part of the order has been superseded by an order paroling the subject child to the father (see Matter of Desiree C., 7 A.D.3d 522, 523, 776 N.Y.S.2d 320; Matter of C. Children, 249 A.D.2d 540, 672 N.Y.S.2d 134; Matter of Keith C., 226 A.D.2d 369, 370, 640 N.Y.S.2d 221).
We have reviewed the record and agree with the father's assigned counsel that there are no nonfrivolous issues which could be raised on appeal. Counsel's application for leave to withdraw as counsel is granted (see Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493; Matter of Dyshea T., 17 A.D.3d 685, 792 N.Y.S.2d 910).
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Decided: August 14, 2007
Court: Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department, New York.
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