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MATTER OF JALISA C.

Docket No. NN-11381/17. Appeal No. 15202. Case No. 2021-01056.

202 A.D.3d 432 (2022)

158 N.Y.S.3d 579

2022 NY Slip Op 00719

In the Matter of Jalisa C., an Infant. Angela E., Appellant, Administration for Children's Services, Respondent.

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

Decided February 3, 2022.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Law Office of Bruce A. Young, Brooklyn (Bruce A. Young of counsel), for appellant.

Georgia M. Pestana, Corporation Counsel, New York (Kevin Osowski of counsel), for respondent.

Dawne A. Mitchell, The Legal Aid Society, New York (John A. Newbery of counsel), attorney for the child.

Concur—Kapnick, J.P., Mazzarelli, Gesmer, Kennedy, Pitt, JJ.

The record supports Family Court's finding that the mother neglected the child. According to the evidence at the fact-finding hearing, the child told the mother that she feared the mother's boyfriend and did not want to be left in his care because he hit her; the mother also knew that her boyfriend was an alcoholic who drank daily, at times in the child's presence, and suffered from mental health issues. Nevertheless, the mother...

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