Opinion
05-12-2015
In re MELANIE C., A Child Under the Age of Eighteen Years, etc., Melissa L., Respondent–Appellant, The Administration for Children's Services, Petitioner–Respondent.
Law Offices of Randall S. Carmel, Syosset (Randall S. Carmel of counsel), for appellant. Zachary W. Carter, Corporation Counsel, New York (Elizabeth S. Natrella of counsel), for respondent. Tamara A. Steckler, The Legal Aid Society, New York (Jess Rao of counsel), attorney for the child.
Law Offices of Randall S. Carmel, Syosset (Randall S. Carmel of counsel), for appellant.
Zachary W. Carter, Corporation Counsel, New York (Elizabeth S. Natrella of counsel), for respondent.
Tamara A. Steckler, The Legal Aid Society, New York (Jess Rao of counsel), attorney for the child.
Opinion
Appeal from order, Family Court, New York County (Susan K. Knipps, J.), entered on or about June 23, 2014, which denied respondent's application pursuant to Family Court Act § 1028 for the return of the child, unanimously dismissed, without costs, as moot.
Respondent's appeal has been rendered moot by the subsequent fact-finding determination of neglect against her, made on or about February 23, 2015 (see Matter of Josee Louise L.H. [DeCarla L.], 121 A.D.3d 492, 994 N.Y.S.2d 113 [1st Dept.2014], lv. denied 24 N.Y.3d 913, 2015 WL 175263 [2015] ; Matter of Charnel T., 49 A.D.3d 427, 853 N.Y.S.2d 346 [1st Dept.2008] ).
GONZALEZ, P.J., MAZZARELLI, DeGRASSE, KAPNICK, JJ., concur.