In re Alexis S. G.
| Decision Date | 12 June 2013 |
| Citation | 2013 N.Y. Slip Op. 04336,967 N.Y.S.2d 737,107 A.D.3d 799 |
| Parties | In the Matter of ALEXIS S. G. (Anonymous). Administration for Children's Services, appellant; Shanese B. (Anonymous), respondent-respondent, et al., respondent. (Proceeding No. 1) In the Matter of Tamia B. (Anonymous). Administration for Children's Services, appellant; Shanese B. (Anonymous), respondent-respondent, et al., respondent. (Proceeding No. 2) |
| Court | New York Supreme Court — Appellate Division |
107 A.D.3d 799
967 N.Y.S.2d 737
2013 N.Y. Slip Op. 04336
In the Matter of ALEXIS S. G. (Anonymous).
Administration for Children's Services, appellant;
Shanese B. (Anonymous), respondent-respondent, et al., respondent. (Proceeding No. 1)
In the Matter of Tamia B. (Anonymous).
Administration for Children's Services, appellant;
Shanese B. (Anonymous), respondent-respondent, et al., respondent. (Proceeding No. 2)
Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department, New York.
June 12, 2013.
[967 N.Y.S.2d 738]
Michael A. Cardozo, Corporation Counsel, New York, N.Y. (Edward F.X. Hart and Tahirih M. Sadrieh of counsel), for appellant.
Brian Zimmerman, Brooklyn, N.Y., for respondent-respondent.
Susan M. Smith, Brooklyn, N.Y., attorney for the children.
RUTH C. BALKIN, J.P., JOHN M. LEVENTHAL, PLUMMER E. LOTT, and SANDRA L. SGROI, JJ.
[107 A.D.3d 799]In two related child protective proceedings pursuant to Family Court Act article 10, the Administration for Children's Services appeals from an order of the Family Court, Kings County (Danoff, J.), dated September 21, 2012, which, after a fact-finding hearing, dismissed the petitions against the mother.
ORDERED that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
In a child protective proceeding, the petitioner has the burden of proving abuse or neglect by a preponderance of the evidence ( seeFamily Ct. Act § 1046[b][i] ). “[A] party seeking to establish neglect must show ... first, that a child's physical, mental or emotional condition has been impaired or is in imminent danger of becoming impaired and second, that the actual or threatened harm to the child is a consequence of the failure of the parent or caretaker to exercise a minimum degree of care in providing the child with proper supervision or guardianship”
[967 N.Y.S.2d 739]
( Nicholson v. Scoppetta, 3 N.Y.3d 357, 368, 787 N.Y.S.2d 196, 820 N.E.2d 840 [citation omitted]; seeFamily Ct. Act § 1012[f][I] ).
In this case, the Administration for Children's Services (hereinafter the ACS), adduced evidence at the fact-finding hearing which established that the mother suffered from bipolar disorder at the time each of the two subject children were born. “A finding of neglect may be predicated upon proof that a child's physical, mental, or emotional condition is in imminent danger of becoming impaired as a result of a parent's mental illness” (Matter of Soma H., 306 A.D.2d 531, 531, 761 N.Y.S.2d 684;seeFamily Ct. Act § 1012[f][i]; Matter of Karyn D., 282...
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