Case Name: In the Matter of Miguel Oliveras, Appellant, v. Milagros Arzuaga, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1994-11-17
Citations: 209 A.D.2d 298
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Miguel Oliveras, Appellant, v Milagros Arzuaga, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 209
Pages: 298–298

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Miguel Oliveras, Appellant, v Milagros Arzuaga, Respondent.
[619 NYS2d 538]

Opinion:
—Appeal from order, Family Court, Bronx County (Susan R. Larabee, J.), entered March 3, 1994, which dismissed the within child custody petition, unanimously dismissed as moot, without costs.
Pursuant to Domestic Relations Law § 75-d and 75-h, Family Court dismissed the custody petition on the ground that Maryland was a more convenient forum since the respondent and the child were living there since October of 1993. Since a consent order was subsequently entered into in the Circuit Court of Maryland in this matter, the appeal is moot. Were we to reach the merits, we would affirm (Matter of Heitler v Hoosin, 143 AD2d 1018). Concur—Asch, J. P., Rubin, Nardelli and Tom, JJ.