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IN THE MATTER OF ABDULLAH M.

2008-07586.

2009 NY Slip Op 06433

IN THE MATTER OF MALEEKA ABDULLAH M. (ANONYMOUS). ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN'S SERVICES, respondent; and FULAUNE M. (ANONYMOUS), appellant. (Docket No. B-6987-04).

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

Decided September 8, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard J. Cardinale, Brooklyn, N.Y., for appellant.

Michael A. Cardozo, Corporation Counsel, New York, N.Y. (Barry P. Schwartz and Scott Shorr of counsel), for respondent.

Steven Banks, New York, N.Y. (Tamara A. Steckler and Marcia Egger of counsel), attorney for the child.

Before: A. Gail Prudenti, P.J., Howard Miller, Joseph Covello, Leonard B. Austin, JJ.

DECISION & ORDER

ORDERED that the order of fact-finding and disposition is affirmed insofar as appealed from, without costs or disbursements.

In order to terminate parental rights on the ground of mental illness, it is incumbent upon the party seeking termination to demonstrate by clear and convincing proof (see Social Services Law § 384-b[3][g]) that the parent is presently and for the foreseeable future unable, by reason of mental illness...

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