MATTER OF JENASIA M.


287 A.D.2d 329 (2001)

731 N.Y.S.2d 156

In the Matter of JENASIA M. and Others, Children Alleged to be Permanently Neglected. JENISHA B., Appellant; SAINT DOMINIC'S HOME et al., Respondents.

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

Decided October 16, 2001.


Family Court's finding that it is in the children's best interests to be adopted by their foster mother is supported by a preponderance of the evidence, including the testimony of the caseworker that the children, who had been living with the foster mother for three years at the time of the dispositional hearing, are thriving in the only home they can remember, and the report of a psychologist that a transfer would be traumatic. We are not persuaded otherwise by the fact...

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