MATTER OF ELIJAH F.


280 A.D.2d 720 (2001)

720 N.Y.S.2d 246

In the Matter of ELIJAH F., a Child Alleged to be Permanently Neglected. BROOME COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, Respondent; MIRIAM F., Appellant.

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

Decided February 1, 2001.


Rose, J.

Respondent gave birth to Elijah F. (hereinafter the child) in April 1996. With respondent's consent, petitioner took custody of the child on December 21, 1996, when respondent was admitted to the hospital for nine days as a result of a condition eventually diagnosed as paranoid schizophrenia. The child was adjudicated to be neglected by respondent's readmission on June 18, 1997, and the initial one-year placement with petitioner was thereafter extended by...

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