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MATTER OF GUARDIANSHIP AND CUSTODY OF ORNEIKA J.

112 A.D.2d 78 (1985)

In the Matter of the Guardianship and Custody of Orneika J., an Infant. Sheltering Arms Children's Service, Respondent, v. Harriet J., Appellant

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

July 11, 1985

Although we believe that ample evidence exists in this record to justify the court's determination terminating respondent's parental rights because she was unable, by reason of mental illness, to provide adequate care for her daughter, we reverse, nevertheless, because respondent was denied her right to counsel at both the fact-finding and dispositional stages of the proceeding.

Respondent's child was born in May 1978 and...

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