Opinion
No. 2021-04671 (Docket No. F-5455-20)
06-22-2022
In the Matter of Fazil Hamid, appellant, v. Sarah Ramroop, respondent.
Fazil Hamid, Valley Stream, NY, appellant pro se.
Fazil Hamid, Valley Stream, NY, appellant pro se.
VALERIE BRATHWAITE NELSON, J.P., REINALDO E. RIVERA, CHERYL E. CHAMBERS, DEBORAH A. DOWLING, JJ.
DECISION & ORDER
In a proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 4, the father appeals from an order of the Family Court, Queens County (Elizabeth L. Fassler, J.), dated May 21, 2021. The order denied the father's objections to an order of the same court (Solange N. Grey-Humphreys, S.M.) dated March 15, 2021, which, after a hearing, and upon findings of fact dated March 15, 2021, dismissed his petition for child support without prejudice.
ORDERED that the order dated May 21, 2021, is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
The Family Court properly denied the father's objections to the order dated March 15, 2021, on the ground that he failed to file proof of service of a copy of the objections upon the mother. Family Court Act § 439(e) requires that "[a] party filing objections... serve a copy of such objections upon the opposing party," and that "[p]roof of service upon the opposing party... be filed with the court at the time of filing of objections and any rebuttal." Here, it is undisputed that the father did not file the requisite "proof of service" inasmuch as no affidavit of service in the form required by CPLR 306 was filed with the Family Court (see id. § 306[a], [d]). Consequently, the father failed to fulfill a condition precedent to the filing of objections and, thus, failed to exhaust the Family Court procedure for review of his objections (see Matter of Michael H. v Kristen L., 179 A.D.3d 1065, 1067; Matter of Hopkins v Hopkins, 178 A.D.3d 1045, 1046; Matter of Ishmael A.A.-S. v Sacha C., 169 A.D.3d 662, 663; Matter of Carroll v Brodsky, 168 A.D.3d 727, 728; Matter of Ndukwe v Ogbaegbe, 150 A.D.3d 858, 858). As a result, the father's challenges to the order dated March 15, 2021, are not reviewable on appeal (see Matter of Ishmael A.A.-S. v Sacha C., 169 A.D.3d at 663; Matter of Carroll v Brodsky, 168 A.D.3d at 728).
BRATHWAITE NELSON, J.P., RIVERA, CHAMBERS and DOWLING, JJ., concur.