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In the Matter of Amanda C

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Oct 6, 2003
309 A.D.2d 744 (N.Y. App. Div. 2003)

Opinion

2001-10623

Submitted September 5, 2003.

October 6, 2003.

In two related child protective proceedings pursuant to Family Court Act article 10, the mother appeals, as limited by her brief, from so much of an order of the Family Court, Suffolk County (McElligott, J.), entered November 5, 2001, as, after a hearing, granted the petition of the Suffolk County Department of Social Services to change the permanency goals of the subject children, so as to free them for adoption.

Anna Martin, East Moriches, N.Y., for appellant.

Robert J. Cimino, County Attorney, Central Islip, N.Y. (Randall J. Ratje of counsel), for respondent.

Paraskevi Zarkadas, Centereach, N.Y., Law Guardian for the children.

Before: FRED T. SANTUCCI, J.P., GABRIEL M. KRAUSMAN, ROBERT W. SCHMIDT, REINALDO E. RIVERA, JJ.


DECISION ORDER

ORDERED that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.

The petitioner met its burden of establishing, by a preponderance of the evidence, that a plan to change the permanency goals of the children so as to free them for adoption is in the childrens' best interests in light of the their medical needs, the fact that the they are in pre-adoptive homes, and the mother's failure to take rehabilitative steps. Accordingly, the Family Court's determination is supported by the record.

SANTUCCI, J.P., KRAUSMAN, SCHMIDT and RIVERA, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

In the Matter of Amanda C

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Oct 6, 2003
309 A.D.2d 744 (N.Y. App. Div. 2003)
Case details for

In the Matter of Amanda C

Case Details

Full title:IN THE MATTER OF AMANDA C. (Anonymous). SUFFOLK COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF…

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department

Date published: Oct 6, 2003

Citations

309 A.D.2d 744 (N.Y. App. Div. 2003)
765 N.Y.S.2d 382

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