Opinion
7383
10-18-2018
In re AHDAWANTAZALAM A., Petitioner–Appellant, v. GEORGILIA A., Respondent–Respondent.
Ahdawantazalam A., appellant pro se. Kenneth M. Tucillo, Hastings on Hudson, attorney for the child.
Ahdawantazalam A., appellant pro se.
Kenneth M. Tucillo, Hastings on Hudson, attorney for the child.
Richter, J.P., Manzanet–Daniels, Kapnick, Kern, Moulton, JJ.
Appeal from order, Family Court, New York County (Gail A. Adams, Referee), entered on or about June 19, 2017, which, after a trial, awarded sole legal and physical custody of the subject child to respondent mother, unanimously dismissed, as moot, without costs.
During the pendency of this appeal the subject child has reached the age of majority and, accordingly, can no longer be the subject of a custody order (see Matter of Darisa D. v. Bienvenida D. , 26 A.D.3d 222, 222–223, 809 N.Y.S.2d 49 [1st Dept. 2006] ). Further, the exception to the mootness doctrine does not apply here, as the issues involved in a custody dispute will not typically evade review (see e.g. Matter of Chenier v. Richard W. , 82 N.Y.2d 830, 832, 606 N.Y.S.2d 143, 626 N.E.2d 928 [1993] ).