Opinion
02-08-2017
In the Matter of ASHANTEWA W.L. (Anonymous). Westchester County Department of Social Services, respondent; Doris L. (Anonymous), appellant.
Christina T. Hall, Harrison, NY, for appellant. Robert F. Meehan, County Attorney, White Plains, NY (James Castro–Blanco and Eileen Campbell O'Brien of counsel), for respondent. Robin D. Carton, White Plains, NY, attorney for the child.
Christina T. Hall, Harrison, NY, for appellant.
Robert F. Meehan, County Attorney, White Plains, NY (James Castro–Blanco and Eileen Campbell O'Brien of counsel), for respondent.
Robin D. Carton, White Plains, NY, attorney for the child.
Appeal by the mother from an order of fact-finding of the Family Court, Westchester County (Kathie E. Davidson, J.), entered April 7, 2015. The order, after a fact-finding hearing, found that the mother neglected the subject child.
ORDERED that the order of fact-finding is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
To establish neglect of a child, the petitioner must demonstrate, by a preponderance of the evidence (see Family Ct. Act § 1046[b][i] ), that the child's physical, mental, or emotional condition has been impaired or is in imminent danger of becoming impaired, and that 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 (see Family Ct. Act § 1012[f][i][B] ; Nicholson v. Scoppetta, 3 N.Y.3d 357, 368, 787 N.Y.S.2d 196, 820 N.E.2d 840 ). Here, the petitioner established, by a preponderance of the evidence, that the mother's course of conduct impaired the subject child's physical, mental, or emotional well-being, or placed her in imminent danger of such impairment (see Matter of Tyler C. [Andrea G.], 82 A.D.3d 1093, 1095, 919 N.Y.S.2d 344 ; Matter of Angelique L., 42 A.D.3d 569, 572, 840 N.Y.S.2d 811 ).
The mother's contentions regarding a temporary order of removal issued pursuant to Family Court Act § 1022 are not properly before this Court (see Matter of Jamakie B. [Gwendolyn J.], 119 A.D.3d 939, 940, 989 N.Y.S.2d 867 ).
The mother's remaining contention is without merit.
LEVENTHAL, J.P., SGROI, LaSALLE and BARROS, JJ., concur.