Opinion
April 25, 1994
Appeal from the Family Court, Kings County (Pearce, J.).
Ordered that the appeal from the order dated April 19, 1993, is dismissed, without costs or disbursements; and it is further,
Ordered that the order dated July 20, 1993, is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
Three children were removed from their mother's care, put in the custody of the Commissioner of the New York City Department of Social Services, and went to reside with the appellant, their grandmother, as foster parent, because of the mother's neglect. All three children subsequently went to live with the paternal uncle of two of the children, because of the alleged abuse by the grandmother. Subsequent to the children's removal from the grandmother, the court, in the order appealed from dated April 19, 1993, approved the petition for an extension of placement with the New York City Department of Social Services. We find that the grandmother has no standing to appeal from this order, as she is not an aggrieved party (see, CPLR 5501). Therefore, that appeal is dismissed. The sole remedy of a foster parent upon the removal of a child from her care is to seek a hearing pursuant to Social Services Law § 400. If unsatisfied with the result of that hearing, the foster parent may bring a petition under CPLR article 78 (see, People ex rel. Ninesling v Nassau County Dept. of Social Servs., 46 N.Y.2d 382).
Furthermore, it was not error for the court to dismiss the grandmother's petition for custody of the children, as the mother's parental rights had not been terminated (see, Matter of Michael B., 80 N.Y.2d 299, 310). Sullivan, J.P., O'Brien, Goldstein and Florio, JJ., concur.