Opinion
October 3, 1988
Appeal from the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Orgera, J.).
Ordered that the appeal from the order dated August 27, 1986, is dismissed, without costs or disbursements, as no appeal lies from an order denying reargument; and it is further,
Ordered that the order dated May 30, 1986, is affirmed, without cost or disbursements.
Social Services Law § 372 (3) authorizes an inspection of the records of an authorized child care agency only upon the application of a parent, relative, legal guardian or authorized agency. The plaintiffs in the instant matter do not fall within any of these categories. Therefore, they lack standing to obtain such discovery and their motion was properly denied (see, Matter of Department of Juvenile Justice v George, 111 Misc.2d 19, 20; Matter of Wasserstein v Warwick State Training School for Boys, 54 Misc.2d 948; Matter of Wade v Wade, 33 Misc.2d 212, 214). Social Services Law § 372 (4), upon which the plaintiffs predicate their motion, refers only to the records maintained by the Department of Social Services. Our determination herein is made without prejudice to any application which may be made to review the records of the Department of Social Services.
The branch of the plaintiffs' motion which sought a further examination of the defendant by certain named individuals was also properly denied. The plaintiffs have failed to adequately demonstrate the necessity of a further deposition. Mangano, J.P., Thompson, Brown and Sullivan, JJ., concur.