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In re Jule C.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Apr 17, 2007
39 A.D.3d 346 (N.Y. App. Div. 2007)

Opinion

No. 801.

April 17, 2007.

Orders of disposition, Family Court, New York County (Sara P. Schechter, J.), entered on or about March 29, 2006, terminating respondent's parental rights to the subject children upon a finding that she failed to comply with the terms of a suspended judgment, and committing custody and guardianship of the children to petitioner agency and the Commissioner of Social Services for the purposes of adoption, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Steven N. Feinman, White Plains, for appellant. Warren Warren, P.C., Brooklyn (Ira L. Eras of counsel), for respondent.

Tamara A. Steckler, The Legal Aid Society, New York (Judith Waksberg of counsel), and Proskauer Rose, LLP, New York (Susan D. Friedfel of counsel), Law Guardian.

Before: Saxe, J.P., Marlow, Buckley, Catterson and McGuire, JJ.


Revocation of the suspended judgment and termination of respondent's parental rights to facilitate adoption of the children by their grandmother is supported by a preponderance of the evidence showing respondent's noncompliance with various aspects of the suspended judgment. Her behavior included dropping out of the aftercare drug program she had been directed to attend, failure to keep the agency informed of her status with that program or enrollment in another drug program, failure to follow through with a random drug testing referral provided by the agency, and use of an illicit drug ( see Matter of Tyshawn Jaraind C., 36 AD3d 564). We have considered respondent's other arguments and find them unavailing.


Summaries of

In re Jule C.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Apr 17, 2007
39 A.D.3d 346 (N.Y. App. Div. 2007)
Case details for

In re Jule C.

Case Details

Full title:In the Matter of ERIC JULE C. and Others, Infants. EVELYN G., Appellant…

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

Date published: Apr 17, 2007

Citations

39 A.D.3d 346 (N.Y. App. Div. 2007)
2007 N.Y. Slip Op. 3201
834 N.Y.S.2d 525

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