Case Name: In the Matter of Evelyn Reaves, Respondent, v. Nathaniel Abdullah, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1993-10-01
Citations: 197 A.D.2d 911
Docket Number: Appeal No. 1
Parties: In the Matter of Evelyn Reaves, Respondent, v Nathaniel Abdullah, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 197
Pages: 911–911

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Evelyn Reaves, Respondent, v Nathaniel Abdullah, Appellant.
(Appeal No. 1.)
[603 NYS2d 788]

Opinion:
—Order unanimously affirmed without costs. Memorandum: In his answer to the paternity petition, respondent requested that Family Court review his criminal conviction and direct Auburn Correctional Facility, where he is incarcerated, to permit his participation in a visitation program. That relief was properly denied. Family Court has no jurisdiction to consider criminal matters (see, People v Rogers, 248 App Div 141, affd 272 NY 612; see also, Family Ct Act § 115) nor to entertain proceedings to compel an act by a prison official (see, CPLR 7804 [b]). (Appeal from Order of Monroe County Family Court, Miller, J.—Visitation.) Present—Green, J. P., Balio, Fallon, Doerr and Boehm, JJ.