MATTER OF DESHANNA A.


296 A.D.2d 605 (2002)

746 N.Y.S.2d 62

In the Matter of DESHANNA A. and Another, Children Alleged to be Neglected. ALBANY COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, Respondent; SANFORT A., Appellant.

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

Decided July 3, 2002.


Mugglin, J.

Deshanna A. (born in 1999) and her mother both tested positive for the presence of crack cocaine immediately following the child's birth. As a result, Family Court granted temporary joint custody to respondent, the child's father, and the child's paternal grandmother. A second order placed the mother's son, Devon C. (born in 1994), in the temporary custody of a maternal aunt. On October 12, 1999, petitioner filed a neglect petition in which, as relevant...

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