MATTER OF MESSIAH C.

7527.

95 A.D.3d 449 (2012)

942 N.Y.S.2d 867

2012 NY Slip Op 3518

In the Matter of MESSIAH C., Also Known as MESSIAH L.C., a Child Alleged to be Neglected. LAVERNE C., Appellant; NEW YORK CITY ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN'S SERVICES, Respondent.

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

Decided May 3, 2012.


The finding of derivative neglect was supported by a preponderance of the evidence (see Family Ct Act § 1046 [b] [i]; Matter of Tammie Z., 66 N.Y.2d 1, 3 [1985]). The record shows that respondent mother had a 13-year history of abusing illegal narcotics, and that due to her addiction, her three older children had been removed from her care and her parental rights to one of the...

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