Admin. for Children's Servs. v. Nancy Z. (In re Kailey Z.)
| Decision Date | 15 July 2020 |
| Docket Number | Docket Nos. N–21903–18, N–21904–18,2019–10276, 2019–13625 |
| Parties | In the MATTER OF KAILEY Z. (Anonymous). Administration for Children's Services, Respondent; v. Nancy Z. (Anonymous), Appellant. (Proceeding No. 1) In the Matter of Kendall Z. (Anonymous). Administration for Children's Services, Respondent; v. Nancy Z. (Anonymous), Appellant. (Proceeding No. 2) |
| Court | New York Supreme Court — Appellate Division |
Carol L. Kahn, New York, NY, for appellant.
James E. Johnson, Corporation Counsel, New York, N.Y. (Scott Shorr and Susan Paulson of counsel), for respondent.
Janet E. Sabel, New York, N.Y. (Dawne A. Mitchell and Diane Pazar of counsel), attorney for the children.
WILLIAM F. MASTRO, J.P., JEFFREY A. COHEN, COLLEEN D. DUFFY, VALERIE BRATHWAITE NELSON, JJ.
DECISION & ORDER
In related proceedings pursuant to Family Court Act article 10, the mother appeals from (1) an order of disposition of the Family Court, Queens County (Monica D. Shulman, J.), dated July 29, 2019, and (2) an amended order of fact-finding of the same court dated November 18, 2019. The order of disposition released the subject children to the care of the mother and the father under the supervision of the Administration for Children's Services for a period of nine months under certain terms and conditions. The amended order of fact-finding found that the mother had neglected the subject children.
ORDERED that the appeal from the order of disposition is dismissed, without costs or disbursements; and it is further,
ORDERED that the amended order of fact-finding is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
In November 2018, the Administration for Children's Services (hereinafter ACS) commenced these related child neglect proceedings against the mother, alleging that the mother neglected the subject children by, inter alia, misusing drugs and failing to enroll in and successfully complete a drug treatment program, despite a prior order directing her to do so upon prior findings of neglect based upon drug misuse. In an order of fact-finding dated June 25, 2019, the Family Court found that the mother neglected the children by misusing drugs and failing to participate in a treatment program, based on the mother's consent. After a dispositional hearing, in an order of disposition dated July 29, 2019, the court released the children to the care of the mother and the father under supervision by ACS for a period of nine months under certain terms and conditions. In an amended order of fact-finding dated November 18, 2019, the court corrected the prior order of fact-finding dated June 25, 2019, and found that the mother had neglected the children, based on a contested fact-finding hearing. The mother appeals from the amended order of fact-finding and the order of disposition.
The appeal from so much of the order of disposition as released the children to the care of the mother and the father under supervision by ACS has been rendered academic, as it has expired by its own terms (see Matter of Ava A. [Steven A.] , 179 A.D.3d 666, 667, 116 N.Y.S.3d 328 ; Matter of Naphtali A. [Winifred A.] , 165 A.D.3d 781, 783, 85 N.Y.S.3d 512 ). Further, the findings of neglect are brought up for review and have been considered in connection with the appeal from the amended order of fact-finding. Accordingly, the appeal from the order of disposition must be dismissed.
At a fact-finding hearing in a neglect proceeding pursuant to Family Court article 10, the petitioner has the burden of proving by a preponderance of the evidence that the subject child was neglected (see Family Ct Act §§ 1012[f][i][B] ; 1046[b][i] ). Family Court Act § 1012(f)(i)(B) defines a neglected child as one "whose physical, mental or emotional condition has...
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