Opinion
February 10, 1992
Appeal from the Family Court, Queens County (Schindler, J.).
Ordered that the dispositional order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
The evidence presented at the fact-finding hearing was sufficient as a matter of law, under the standard expressed by the Court of Appeals in the Matter of Hime Y. ( 52 N.Y.2d 242), to find the mother was then and for the foreseeable future would be unable by reason of her mental illness to provide proper and adequate care for her child (see, Matter of Vera T., 80 A.D.2d 511, affd 55 N.Y.2d 1028; Matter of Ann Marie D., 127 A.D.2d 764; Matter of Demetrius F., 176 A.D.2d 940).
The court-appointed psychiatrist testified unequivocally that the mother suffers from a "chronic schizo-affective disorder" which would endanger the welfare of the child. The testimony of the mother's treating psychiatrist, called by her to testify, in no way contradicted the testimony of the court-appointed psychiatrist. Furthermore, the fact that the mother's treating psychiatrist testified that the mother might improve in the future, if she were to take her medication and continue with therapy, is insufficient to defeat the Family Court's finding, especially in light of the fact that the mother has a history of neglecting such treatment, and the court-appointed psychiatrist found her prognosis to be poor (see, Matter of Vaketa Y., 141 A.D.2d 892; Matter of Vera T., supra; Matter of Demetrius F., supra). Mangano, P.J., Sullivan, Balletta and Ritter, JJ., concur.