MATTER OF M.


70 A.D.2d 812 (1979)

In the Matter of Female M., Alleged to be a Permanently Neglected Child. Spence-Chapin Services to Families and Children, Respondent; Irene S., Appellant

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

June 14, 1979


Unanimously modified, on the law and the facts, to vacate disposition, and remand for reopened dispositional hearing and further proceedings in accordance herewith, and otherwise affirmed, without costs or disbursements.

A finding of permanent neglect, which was the conclusion of the Family Court Judge at the fact-finding hearing, requires termination of parental rights only where such disposition is determined to be in the best interests of the child (Social Services...

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