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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