Appellate Division, Third Department · September 3, 2026 · 2026 NY Slip Op 05217
Matter of Raymond R. (Raymond T.)
Read the official decision: 2026 NY Slip Op 05217
Holding The appeal is dismissed as moot because the subject child was discharged from the residential treatment program and turned eighteen years old during the pendency of the appeal. The court further denied the attorney for the child’s motion to compel production of the child as academic.
The court’s words
Those developments render the appeal moot, and we do not find the narrow exception to the mootness doctrine to be applicable
2026 NY Slip Op 05217, at the official text
the separate motion of the attorney for the child to, among other things, compel production of the subject child for a meeting regarding this appeal is denied as academic
2026 NY Slip Op 05217, at the official text
| Court | Appellate Division, Third Department |
|---|---|
| Decided | September 3, 2026 |
| Citation | 2026 NY Slip Op 05217 |
| Area of law | Family Law |
| Week | Week ending September 5, 2026 |
| Official text | Official decision: 2026 NY Slip Op 05217 |
| Publication status | Slip opinions are uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the Official Reports. |
| Source feed | New York slip opinion page |
| Law Watch record id | 222 |
Recommended citation
ESQ HQ, New York Law Watch, Matter of Raymond R. (Raymond T.), 2026 NY Slip Op 05217 (Appellate Division, Third Department, September 3, 2026), https://esqhq.com/decisions/2026-ny-slip-op-05217/
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