In a proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 6 for grandparent visitation, the grandfather appeals from an order of the Family Court, Kings County (Gruebel, J.), dated September 1, 2011, which, without a hearing, granted the parents’ motion to dismiss the petition based on lack of standing.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
In considering whether a grandparent has standing to petition for visitation based upon “circumstances show[ing] that conditions exist which equity would see fit to intervene” (Domestic Relations Law § 72 [1]), “an essential part of the inquiry is the nature and extent of the grandparent-grandchild relationship,” among other factors (Matter of Emanuel S. v Joseph E., 78 NY2d 178, 182 [1991]; see Matter of Agusta v Carousso, 208 AD2d 620 [1994]). In cases where such a relationship has been frustrated by a parent, the grandparent must show, inter alia,
Here, the Family Court properly granted the parents’ motion to dismiss the petition, without a hearing, based on the grandfather’s lack of standing. The Family Court, applying the correct standard and considering all of the relevant circumstances of this case, properly found that this is not a matter in which equitable standing should be conferred (see Domestic Relations Law § 72; Matter of Roberts v Roberts, 81 AD3d at 1118; Matter of Kalkstein v Rist, 78 AD3d 947 [2010]; see also Matter of Fondanarosa v Grimm, 58 AD3d 840, 841 [2009]).
The grandfather’s remaining contention is not properly before this Court, as it was raised for the first time in his reply brief (see Yeshiva Chasdei Torah v Dell Equity, LLC, 90 AD3d 746, 747 [2011]; Boddie-Willis v Marziliano, 78 AD3d 978, 979 [2010]). Dillon, J.P., Leventhal, Austin and Roman, JJ., concur.