Opinion
1021 CAF 19-00689
11-20-2020
In the MATTER OF MODESTY B., Ameer B., Dimitri C., Jr. and Shekeria C. Monroe County Department of Human Services, Petitioner-Respondent; v. Dimitri C., and Shekeria R.-S., Respondents-Appellants.
THE SAGE LAW FIRM GROUP PLLC, BUFFALO (KATHRYN FRIEDMAN OF COUNSEL), FOR RESPONDENT-APPELLANT DIMITRI C. TIMOTHY P. DONAHER, PUBLIC DEFENDER, ROCHESTER (HELEN SYME OF COUNSEL), FOR RESPONDENT-APPELLANT SHEKERIA R.-S. JOHN P. BRINGEWATT, COUNTY ATTORNEY, ROCHESTER (CAROL L. EISENMAN OF COUNSEL), FOR PETITIONER-RESPONDENT. MAUREEN N. POLEN, ROCHESTER, ATTORNEY FOR THE CHILDREN. ALISON BATES, VICTOR, ATTORNEY FOR THE CHILDREN.
THE SAGE LAW FIRM GROUP PLLC, BUFFALO (KATHRYN FRIEDMAN OF COUNSEL), FOR RESPONDENT-APPELLANT DIMITRI C.
TIMOTHY P. DONAHER, PUBLIC DEFENDER, ROCHESTER (HELEN SYME OF COUNSEL), FOR RESPONDENT-APPELLANT SHEKERIA R.-S.
JOHN P. BRINGEWATT, COUNTY ATTORNEY, ROCHESTER (CAROL L. EISENMAN OF COUNSEL), FOR PETITIONER-RESPONDENT.
MAUREEN N. POLEN, ROCHESTER, ATTORNEY FOR THE CHILDREN.
ALISON BATES, VICTOR, ATTORNEY FOR THE CHILDREN.
PRESENT: CENTRA, J.P., LINDLEY, NEMOYER, TROUTMAN, AND WINSLOW, JJ.
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
It is hereby ORDERED that the order so appealed from is unanimously affirmed without costs.
Memorandum: In this proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 10, respondents father and mother each appeal from an order entered after a fact-finding hearing that, inter alia, adjudged them to have neglected the subject children. We affirm. Contrary to respondents' contentions, a sound and substantial basis in the record supports Family Court's determination that they neglected the subject children (see Matter of Henry G. [Danny T.] , 175 A.D.3d 1802, 1802, 107 N.Y.S.3d 745 [4th Dept. 2019] ; Matter of Rashawn J. [Veronica H.-B.] , 159 A.D.3d 1436, 1436-1437, 72 N.Y.S.3d 686 [4th Dept. 2018] ). Respondents' remaining contentions are without merit.