MATTER OF ALEX MM.


260 A.D.2d 675 (1999)

688 N.Y.S.2d 707

In the Matter of ALEX MM., a Child Alleged to be Abandoned. ALBANY COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, Respondent; JACQUELINE NN., Appellant.

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

Decided April 1, 1999.


Mercure, J.

Respondent's child, Alex MM. (hereinafter the child), was taken from respondent 21 days following his birth due to the fact that respondent had used cocaine during her pregnancy and the child tested positive for cocaine at birth. Shortly thereafter, a neglect adjudication was made and the child was placed in petitioner's custody for an initial period of one year, thereafter extended to July 10, 1997.

On July 28, 1997, petitioner filed the present...

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