MATTER OF LISA M.


261 A.D.2d 241 (1999)

690 N.Y.S.2d 212

In the Matter of the Guardianship and Custody of LISA M. and Others, Infants. DELLA M., Appellant; ST. CHRISTOPHER-OTTILIE, Respondent.

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

Decided May 18, 1999.


Clear and convincing evidence supports Family Court's findings that respondent suffers from a mental illness, the substantial and chronic nature of which, when combined with her history of drug abuse during periods of non-hospitalization, would place the subject children in danger of becoming neglected if they were returned to her care (Social Services Law § 384-b [4] [c]; [6] [a]; Family Ct Act § 1012 [f] [i]). That respondent loves her children or that they have...

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