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Matter of Bryant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Fourth Department
Dec 30, 1992
188 A.D.2d 1078 (N.Y. App. Div. 1992)

Opinion

December 30, 1992

Appeal from the Erie County Family Court, LoRusso, J.

Present — Denman, P.J., Balio, Lawton, Fallon and Doerr, JJ.


Order unanimously affirmed without costs. Memorandum: Respondent appeals from an order which terminated her parental rights on the ground of mental illness and granted custody and guardianship of her two children to the Department of Social Services. Respondent contends that the Department's proof is insufficient to support the court's determination. We disagree.

The Department adduced clear and convincing evidence showing that, by reason of her mental illness, respondent is presently and for the foreseeable future unable to provide proper and adequate care for her children (Social Services Law § 384-b [c]; Matter of Stephen B., 176 A.D.2d 1204, lv denied 79 N.Y.2d 752, appeal dismissed 79 N.Y.2d 914). The testimony of the examining psychiatrist was unequivocal that respondent was so disturbed in her behavior, feeling, thinking and judgment that, if her children were returned to her custody, they would be in danger of becoming neglected children (see, Social Services Law § 384-b [a]). Respondent's failure to recognize that she required psychiatric care and medication substantiates the examining psychiatrist's conclusion that respondent's condition was not likely to improve in the foreseeable future (see, Matter of Vera T., 80 A.D.2d 511, affd 55 N.Y.2d 1028).


Summaries of

Matter of Bryant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Fourth Department
Dec 30, 1992
188 A.D.2d 1078 (N.Y. App. Div. 1992)
Case details for

Matter of Bryant

Case Details

Full title:In the Matter of BRYANT S. and Another, Children Alleged to be Neglected

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Fourth Department

Date published: Dec 30, 1992

Citations

188 A.D.2d 1078 (N.Y. App. Div. 1992)
591 N.Y.S.2d 672

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