Matter of Jack CC. (Cassandra BB.)

Holding The appeals were dismissed as moot because the mother surrendered her parental rights, eliminating the live controversy. The court held that the exception to the mootness doctrine did not apply because the discovery issues did not typically evade appellate review.

The court’s words

It is a fundamental principle of our jurisprudence that the power of a court to declare the law only arises out of, and is limited to, determining the rights of persons which are actually controverted in a particular case pending before the tribunal

2026 NY Slip Op 06181, at the official text

There is nothing inherent in the nature or duration of the challenged discovery issues that renders them particularly susceptible to becoming moot before appellate review may be obtained

2026 NY Slip Op 06181, at the official text

The appeals must therefore be dismissed

2026 NY Slip Op 06181, at the official text