Case Name: In the Matter of Commissioner of Social Services, on Behalf of Jack M., Respondent. Suzanne M., Appellant; James M. et al., Respondents
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1992-03-31
Citations: 181 A.D.2d 631
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Commissioner of Social Services, on Behalf of Jack M., Respondent. Suzanne M., Appellant; James M. et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 181
Pages: 631–632

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Commissioner of Social Services, on Behalf of Jack M., Respondent. Suzanne M., Appellant; James M. et al., Respondents.

Opinion:
— Order, Family Court, New York County (Edward M. Kaufmann, J.), entered November 26, 1991, which denied respondent mother's motion to add respondent father's live-in paramour as a party respondent, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
Family Court may not exercise jurisdiction over respondent father's paramour, who accompanied him and the subject child during an unsupervised visitation on the day that cocaine was allegedly found in the child's urine, since she was not a regular member of the child's household and thus not a "person legally responsible" for the child's care within the meaning of Family Court Act § 1012 (g) (Matter of Faith GG., 179 AD2d 901). Concur — Murphy, P. J., Rosenberger, Ellerin, Ross and Rubin, JJ.