Opinion
2014-11-12
In the Matter of John C. EDEMODU, respondent, v. Latoya SCOTT, appellant.
Joel Borenstein, Brooklyn, N.Y., for appellant.
In a family offense proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 8, Latoya Scott appeals from an order of the Family Court, Kings County (Ross, J.), dated August 5, 2013, which denied her motion to vacate an order of protection of the same court dated September 12, 2012, entered upon her failure to appear at a hearing.
ORDERED that the appeal is dismissed as academic, without costs or disbursements.
The order of protection, which was in effect for two years, has expired by its own terms. The order of protection was based upon the appellant's default, not a finding that the appellant committed a family offense which could have stigmatizing consequences. Accordingly, the appeal from the order denying a motion to vacate the order of protection must be dismissed as academic ( see Matter of Nair v. Nair, 113 A.D.3d 688, 979 N.Y.S.2d 110). BALKIN, J.P., LEVENTHAL, HINDS–RADIX and LaSALLE, JJ., concur.