Court of Appeals of New York
In the Matter of Veronica P. v. Radcliff A., 12
In this case, respondent regularly stayed in an apartment with petitioner, his aunt, and petitioner filed a petition charging respondent with various family offenses under Family Court Act article 8, alleging that respondent had assaulted and harassed her in the apartment. The Family Court thereafter found that respondent was guilty of a family offense and entered a written two-year order of protection against respondent. Respondent appealed, but while the appeal was pending, the order of protection expired. The Appellate Division unanimously dismissed the appeal as moot, citing the expiration of the order. The judgment of the Appellate Division is reversed and the matter is remitted to that court, where given the totality of the enduring legal and repetitional consequences of the contested order of protection, respondent’s appeal from that order is not moot.
Appellate Information
- Decided 02/12/2015
- Published 02/12/2015
Judges
- Abdus-Salaam
Court
- Court of Appeals of New York