Opinion
2014-05-29
In re HEZEKIAH J., and Others, Children Under the Age of Eighteen Years, etc., Stacy J., Respondent–Appellant, Commissioner of Social Services of the City of New York, Petitioner–Respondent.
Law Offices of Randall S. Carmel, Syosset (Randall S. Carmel of counsel), for appellant. Zachary W. Carter, Corporation Counsel, New York (Drake A. Colley of counsel), for respondent.
Law Offices of Randall S. Carmel, Syosset (Randall S. Carmel of counsel), for appellant. Zachary W. Carter, Corporation Counsel, New York (Drake A. Colley of counsel), for respondent.
Andrew J. Baer, New York, attorney for the children Hezekiah J., Jeremiah J., Joshua J., and Gabriel J.
Tamara A. Steckler, the Legal Aid Society, New York (Patricia Colella of counsel), attorney for the child Ezekiel J.
Karen Freedman, Lawyers for Children, Inc., New York (Shirim Nothenberg of counsel), attorney for the child Isaiah J.
Appeal from order, Family Court, New York County (Rhoda J. Cohen, J.), entered on or about November 16, 2012, which, after a hearing, denied respondent mother's application for return of the subject children to her care, unanimously dismissed, without costs, as moot.
The mother's arguments regarding the denial of her application pursuant to Family Court Act § 1028 are moot, given the subsequent finding of neglect against her ( see Matter of Terrell H., 197 A.D.2d 372, 373, 603 N.Y.S.2d 737 [1st Dept.1993] ). TOM, J.P., MOSKOWITZ, DeGRASSE, RICHTER, KAPNICK, JJ., concur.