MATTER OF JASMINE R.


8 Misc.3d 904 (2005)

In the Matter of JASMINE R., a Child Alleged to be Neglected. LEE S., Respondent.

Family Court, Queens County.

June 29, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Cardozo, Corporation Counsel, New York City (Lauren Jerozal of counsel), for petitioner.

Legal Aid Society, Jamaica (Steven Banks and Carol J. Hochberg of counsel), Law Guardian.

Toba Beth Stutz, Jamaica, for respondent.


OPINION OF THE COURT

JOHN M. HUNT, J.

This case presents the unusual issue of whether a recent judicial determination that a parent is mentally ill which was made in the context of a proceeding to terminate parental rights conclusively establishes that the parent's younger child, who is the subject of a child protective proceeding, is a neglected child.

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By amended petition filed on December 20, 2002, petitioner Commissioner of the New...

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