Opinion
13828 Dkt. No. NN-07839/18 Case No. 2019-2982
04-06-2021
In the MATTER OF MELODY S., A Child Under the Age of Eighteen Years, etc., Maryeling S.-P., Respondent–Appellant, v. Administration for Children's Services, Petitioner–Respondent.
The Law Offices of Salihah R. Denman, PLLC, New York (Salihah R. Denman of counsel), for appellant. James E. Johnson, Corporation Counsel, New York (Rebecca L. Visgaitis of counsel), for respondent. Dawne A. Mitchell, The Legal Aid Society, New York (Polixene Petrakopoulos of counsel), attorney the child.
The Law Offices of Salihah R. Denman, PLLC, New York (Salihah R. Denman of counsel), for appellant.
James E. Johnson, Corporation Counsel, New York (Rebecca L. Visgaitis of counsel), for respondent.
Dawne A. Mitchell, The Legal Aid Society, New York (Polixene Petrakopoulos of counsel), attorney the child.
Renwick, J.P., Kennedy, Scarpulla, Shulman, JJ.
Order of fact-finding, Family Court, New York County (Clark V. Richardson, J.), entered on or about October 11, 2018, which, after a hearing, found that respondent mother neglected the subject child, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
A preponderance of the evidence established that respondent's untreated mental illness and alcohol misuse placed the subject infant child at substantial risk of harm and warranted a finding of neglect (see Matter of Lakiyah M. [Shacora M.], 136 A.D.3d 424, 425, 23 N.Y.S.3d 881 [1st Dept. 2016] ; Matter of Liarah H. [Dora S.], 111 A.D.3d 514, 515, 975 N.Y.S.2d 389 [1st Dept. 2013] ).