In re Jamoori L. (Anonymous). Comm'r of Admin. for Children's Servs. of City of N.Y.
| Decision Date | 30 April 2014 |
| Parties | In the Matter of JAMOORI L. (Anonymous). Commissioner of Administration for Children's Services of City of New York, appellant; Danette B. (Anonymous), et al., respondents. |
| Court | New York Supreme Court — Appellate Division |
116 A.D.3d 1046
985 N.Y.S.2d 114
2014 N.Y. Slip Op. 02936
In the Matter of JAMOORI L. (Anonymous).
Commissioner of Administration for Children's Services of City of New York, appellant;
Danette B. (Anonymous), et al., respondents.
Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department, New York.
April 30, 2014.
[985 N.Y.S.2d 115]
Zachary W. Carter, Corporation Counsel, New York, N.Y. (Larry A. Sonnenshein and Mordecai Newman of counsel; Christina Chung on the brief), for appellant.
Scott A. Rosenberg, New York, N.Y. (Tamara A. Steckler and Patricia Colella of counsel), attorney for the child.
RUTH C. BALKIN, J.P., THOMAS A. DICKERSON, CHERYL E. CHAMBERS, and L. PRISCILLA HALL, JJ.
In a child neglect proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 10, the petitioner appeals from an order of fact finding and disposition of the Family Court, Kings County (O'Shea, J.), dated June 14, 2013, which, after a fact-finding hearing, found that the parents did not neglect the subject child and dismissed the petition.
ORDERED that the order is reversed, on the facts, without costs or disbursements, the petition is reinstated, it is determined that the parents, Danette B. and Derrick L., neglected the subject child, and the matter is remitted to the Family Court, Kings County, for a dispositional hearing and a new disposition thereafter.
Following a prior neglect adjudication in 2008 in relation to the mother's three older children based, among other things, on the mother's abuse of marijuana, the Commissioner of the Administration for Children Services of the City of New York (hereinafter the petitioner) filed a neglect petition against the mother in relation to the subject child, who was born in October 2012, alleging that the mother continued to abuse marijuana, and against the father, alleging that he failed to take adequate steps to protect the subject child from the mother's abuse of marijuana during her pregnancy. After a fact-finding hearing, the Family Court found that the petitioner had not made out a prima facie case of neglect against the mother or the father, and dismissed the petition.
The evidence established that the mother failed to comply with certain terms of a prior order, including that she refrain from drug use, successfully complete a drug rehabilitation program, and be evaluated by a mental health services provider. Specifically, the mother repeatedly tested positive for marijuana use while she was pregnant with the subject child, and she...
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