Opinion
May 11, 1998
Appeal from the Family Court, Queens County (Lauria, J.).
Ordered that the appeal is dismissed as academic, without costs or disbursements.
In light of our conclusion in a companion case ( see, Matter of James Edward M., III, 250 A.D.2d 685 [decided herewith]), that the petitioner father did not establish his entitlement to vacatur of the order which terminated his parental rights, any corrective measures this Court might take regarding the dismissal of the father's petition for custody and/or visitation would have no practical effect. Accordingly, this appeal is academic ( see, Matter of Nora S. v. Pandozy, 243 A.D.2d 988; Matter of New York City Dept. of Social Servs. [Kalisha A.] v. Diognes T., 208 A.D.2d 844; Matter of Keith C., 226 A.D.2d 369).
Thompson, J.P., Krausman, Goldstein and Luciano, JJ., concur.