Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 2025

Matter of Kyler M. (Caitlyn M.)

Matter of Kyler M. (Caitlyn M.)
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided April 25, 2025
2025 NY Slip Op 02492
Matter of Kyler M. (Caitlyn M.)

Opinion

Matter of Kyler M. (Caitlyn M.) (2025 NY Slip Op 02492)
Matter of Kyler M. (Caitlyn M.)
2025 NY Slip Op 02492
Decided on April 25, 2025
Appellate Division, Fourth Department
Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.
This opinion is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the Official Reports.


Decided on April 25, 2025 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department
PRESENT: WHALEN, P.J., CURRAN, SMITH, NOWAK, AND DELCONTE, JJ.

284 CAF 23-01678

[*1]IN THE MATTER OF KYLER M. ERIE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, PETITIONER-RESPONDENT; CAITLYN M., RESPONDENT-APPELLANT. (APPEAL NO. 2.)




DAVID J. PAJAK, ALDEN, FOR RESPONDENT-APPELLANT.

DEENA MUELLER-FUNKE, BUFFALO, FOR PETITIONER-RESPONDENT.

DEBORAH K. JESSEY, CLARENCE, ATTORNEY FOR THE CHILD.



Appeal from an order of the Family Court, Erie County (Sharon M. LoVallo, J.), entered September 19, 2023, in a proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 10. The order, inter alia, determined that respondent had derivatively abused the subject child.

It is hereby ORDERED that the order so appealed from is unanimously affirmed without costs.

Same memorandum as in Matter of Chandler W. (Caitlyn M.) ([appeal No. 1] — AD3d — [Apr. 25, 2025] [4th Dept 2025]).

Entered: April 25, 2025

Ann Dillon Flynn

Clerk of the Court



Opinion

Matter of Kyler M. (Caitlyn M.) (2025 NY Slip Op 02492)
Matter of Kyler M. (Caitlyn M.)
2025 NY Slip Op 02492
Decided on April 25, 2025
Appellate Division, Fourth Department
Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.
This opinion is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the Official Reports.


Decided on April 25, 2025 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department
PRESENT: WHALEN, P.J., CURRAN, SMITH, NOWAK, AND DELCONTE, JJ.

284 CAF 23-01678

[*1]IN THE MATTER OF KYLER M. ERIE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, PETITIONER-RESPONDENT; CAITLYN M., RESPONDENT-APPELLANT. (APPEAL NO. 2.)




DAVID J. PAJAK, ALDEN, FOR RESPONDENT-APPELLANT.

DEENA MUELLER-FUNKE, BUFFALO, FOR PETITIONER-RESPONDENT.

DEBORAH K. JESSEY, CLARENCE, ATTORNEY FOR THE CHILD.



Appeal from an order of the Family Court, Erie County (Sharon M. LoVallo, J.), entered September 19, 2023, in a proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 10. The order, inter alia, determined that respondent had derivatively abused the subject child.

It is hereby ORDERED that the order so appealed from is unanimously affirmed without costs.

Same memorandum as in Matter of Chandler W. (Caitlyn M.) ([appeal No. 1] — AD3d — [Apr. 25, 2025] [4th Dept 2025]).

Entered: April 25, 2025

Ann Dillon Flynn

Clerk of the Court



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