MATTER OF REBECCA


209 A.D.2d 1029 (1994)

620 N.Y.S.2d 26

In the Matter of Johnine Rebecca C. and Another, Infants. Rebecca Ann S., Appellant; Erie County Department of Social Services, Respondent

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

November 16, 1994


Order unanimously affirmed without costs.

Memorandum:

Petitioner proved by clear and convincing evidence that respondent was not presently or in the foreseeable future capable of providing adequate care for her daughters due to her mental illness. Dr. Wadsworth, a board-certified psychiatrist, based his diagnosis of chronic paranoid schizophrenia upon his interview with respondent, a review of her hospital records for the last two years, and background information...

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