MATTER OF SCOTT JJ.


280 A.D.2d 4 (2001)

720 N.Y.S.2d 616

In the Matter of SCOTT JJ. and Another, Children Alleged to be Neglected. ULSTER COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, Respondent; VINCENT JJ., Appellant. (Proceeding No. 1.) In the Matter of MATTHEW HH. et al., Respondents, v. VINCENT JJ., Appellant. (Proceeding No. 2.)

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

February 8, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul L. Gruner, Public Defender, Kingston (Denise Y. Dourdeville of counsel), for appellant.

Page Lockhart, Kingston, for respondent.

John Ferrara, Law Guardian, Monticello, for Scott JJ. and another, infants.

CARDONA, P.J., MERCURE, SPAIN and ROSE, JJ., concur.


OPINION OF THE COURT

CARPINELLO, J.

Respondent, the father of Scott JJ. (born in 1990) and Dakota JJ. (born in 1995), stands convicted of murder in the second degree for killing his estranged wife, the mother of these two children. He is currently serving 20 years to life in prison for this crime. The precise details of the murder are not readily apparent from the record in these proceedings. Suffice it to say,...

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