MATTER OF B.


249 A.D.2d 940 (1998)

672 N.Y.S.2d 579

In the Matter of Sonny H. B. and Others, Infants. Erie County Department of Social Services, Respondent; Patricia B., Appellant

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

April 29, 1998


Order unanimously affirmed without costs.

Memorandum:

We reject the contention of respondent that Family Court should have suspended judgment when it terminated her parental rights. A suspended judgment "is a brief grace period designed to prepare the parent to be re-united with the child (Family Ct Act § 633)" and may be granted "where the court determines it is in the child's best interests (Family Ct Act § 631)" (Matter of Michael B., ...

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