MATTER OF MAXFIELD L.


291 A.D.2d 758 (2002)

738 N.Y.S.2d 124

In the Matter of MAXFIELD L., a Child Alleged to be Abused and/or Neglected. BROOME COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, Appellant; MICHAEL L., Respondent. CARMEN M. GARUFI, as Law Guardian, Appellant.

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

Decided February 28, 2002.


Crew III, J.

Respondent's son, born in 1996, has been diagnosed with conduct disorder-NOS (not otherwise specified) and sensory integrative dysfunction. As a result of these disorders, the child evidences, inter alia, a pronounced oral fixation and extreme intolerance to noise and other sensory input which, in turn, leads to aggressive behavior and violent outbursts. Respondent and the child's mother divorced in April 1999 and were granted joint custody of the child...

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