Opinion
2013-01-16
In the Matter of DIAMOND J. (Anonymous). Administration for Children's Services, appellant; Nakesha J. (Anonymous), respondent. (Proceeding No. 1) In the Matter of Isaac L. (Anonymous). Administration for Children's Services, appellant; Nakesha J. (Anonymous), respondent. (Proceeding No. 2) In the Matter of Dynasia J. (Anonymous). Administration for Children's Services, appellant; Nakesha J. (Anonymous), respondent. (Proceeding No. 3) In the Matter of Linwood Mc. (Anonymous). Administration for Children's Services, appellant; Nakesha J. (Anonymous), respondent. (Proceeding No. 4) In the Matter of Wanasia C. (Anonymous). Administration for Children's Services, appellant; Nakesha J. (Anonymous), respondent. (Proceeding No. 5).
Michael A. Cardozo, Corporation Counsel, New York, N.Y. (*888Pamela Seider Dolgow and Suzanne K. Colt of counsel), for appellant. Christopher J. Robles, Brooklyn, N.Y., for respondent.
Michael A. Cardozo, Corporation Counsel, New York, N.Y. (*888Pamela Seider Dolgow and Suzanne K. Colt of counsel), for appellant. Christopher J. Robles, Brooklyn, N.Y., for respondent.
Steven Banks, New York, N.Y. (Tamara A. Steckler and Patricia Colella of counsel), attorney for the children.
In five related proceedings pursuant to Family Court Act article 10, the Administration for Children's Services appeals from an order of the Family Court, Kings County (Weinstein, J.), dated March 1, 2012, which, after a fact-finding hearing, granted the mother's motion to dismiss the petitions.
ORDERED that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
Under the circumstances of this case, the Family Court properly granted the mother's motion to dismiss the petitions. The petitioner failed to prove by a preponderance of the evidence that the mother's drug use caused impairment, or an imminent danger of impairment, to the physical, mental, or emotional condition of the subject children ( see Family Ct. Act §§ 1012[f][i][B]; 1046[a]; Matter of Anastasia G., 52 A.D.3d 830, 832, 861 N.Y.S.2d 126).