--- title: "Adetokunbo O. Fasanya | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/adetokunbo-o-fasanya" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-08-02" --- # Adetokunbo O. Fasanya Queens County Family Court · Family Court Judge ## Profile - Court: Queens County Family Court - State: New York - Role: Family Court Judge - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-07-26 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - 2013–2014: Interim Judge, Civil Court of the City of New York, appointed by Mayor Michael Bloomberg; reappointed in 2014 ### Education - University of Ife, Nigeria (now Obafemi Awolowo University) — B.A. ### Additional information - Judge, Family Court of the City of New York, Queens County, Designated, 2023 to Present - Judge, Family Court of the City of New York, New York County, Appointed by Mayor Bill DiBlasio, 2015 to 2024 - 2015–2024: Judge, New York County Family Court, appointed by Mayor Bill de Blasio - Re-appointed 2014 to 2014 - Judge, Family Court of the City of New York, New York County, Designated, 2013 to 2014 - New York State judge serving in the Family Court of Queens County, with a career spanning over a decade in judicial service and prior experience in private legal practice - Before joining the judiciary, Judge Fasanya served as an attorney in private practice for 14 years, specializing in family law, and also served with the New York City Child Welfare Administration ## Before you appear - Read the judge-specific standing order first when one is listed. - Check the docket and case orders for requirements that supersede broader guidance. - Confirm current remote-access and courtroom technology arrangements before the proceeding. ## Courtroom Rules ### recording and photography Scope: statewide New York statewide rules require permission before photographing, filming, videotaping, audiotaping, broadcasting, or telecasting in court facilities, including courtrooms. Evidence excerpt: Taking photographs, films or videotapes, or audiotaping, broadcasting or telecasting, in a courthouse including any courtroom, office or hallway thereof, at any time or on any occasion, whether or not the court is in session, is forbidden, unless permission of the Chief Administrator of the Courts or a designee of the Chief Administrator is first obtained [Part 29: Electronic Recording and Audio-Visual Coverage in Court Facilities and of Court Proceedings](https://www.nycourts.gov/rules/part-29-electronic-recording-and-audio-visual-coverage-court-facilities-and-court-proceedings?from_node=15921&topic=386&wrapped=true) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ### evidence presentation control Scope: statewide The official Guide to New York Evidence identifies court control over presentation of evidence as a statewide evidence topic; counsel should expect the assigned judge to control the mode and order of proof. Evidence excerpt: 1.07. COURT CONTROL OVER PRESENTATION OF EVIDENCE [Guide to New York Evidence: Article 1, General Provisions and Court's Role](https://www.nycourts.gov/judges/evidence/1-GENERAL/1-generalprovisions.shtml) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ## Sources - [Official profile](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=eQLvsa82SiFyV/viJ56TpA%3D%3D) - [Official roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=eQLvsa82SiFyV/viJ56TpA%3D%3D) - [New York State Unified Court System Judicial Directory official judicial roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=eQLvsa82SiFyV/viJ56TpA%3D%3D) - [Part 29: Electronic Recording and Audio-Visual Coverage in Court Facilities and of Court Proceedings](https://www.nycourts.gov/rules/part-29-electronic-recording-and-audio-visual-coverage-court-facilities-and-court-proceedings?from_node=15921&topic=386&wrapped=true) - [Guide to New York Evidence: Article 1, General Provisions and Court's Role](https://www.nycourts.gov/judges/evidence/1-GENERAL/1-generalprovisions.shtml) - [Judicial Directory: Hon. Adetokunbo O. Fasanya](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=eQLvsa82SiFyV/viJ56TpA%3D%3D) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/adetokunbo-o-fasanya", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/adetokunbo-o-fasanya", "name": "Adetokunbo O. Fasanya | KnowJudges", "description": "Adetokunbo O. Fasanya, Queens County Family Court. Source-linked judicial identity, courtroom procedures, and presentation guidance.", "dateModified": "2026-08-02", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/adetokunbo-o-fasanya#judge" } }, { "@type": "Person", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/adetokunbo-o-fasanya#judge", "name": "Adetokunbo O. 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[Official source](https://www.nycourts.gov/rules/part-29-electronic-recording-and-audio-visual-coverage-court-facilities-and-court-proceedings?from_node=15921&topic=386&wrapped=true). Collected 2026-07-26. - [Part 29: Electronic Recording and Audio-Visual Coverage in Court Facilities and of Court Proceedings](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-34fe480ab82f22fa3c31d257) — Scope is limited to the court class in the source claim. Shared court context only; case-type restrictions, exceptions, later amendments and case orders apply. This is not a personal preference or a complete rules inventory. [Official source](https://www.nycourts.gov/rules/part-29-electronic-recording-and-audio-visual-coverage-court-facilities-and-court-proceedings?from_node=15921&topic=386&wrapped=true). Collected 2026-07-26.