MATTER OF AMANDA C. SUFFOLK COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES


309 A.D.2d 744 (2003)

765 N.Y.S.2d 382

In the Matter of AMANDA C. SUFFOLK COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, Respondent; KELLY M., Appellant. (Proceeding No. 1.) In the Matter of BRIAN W. SUFFOLK COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, Respondent; KELLY M., Appellant. (Proceeding No. 2.)

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

Decided October 6, 2003.


Ordered that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.

The petitioner met its burden of establishing, by a preponderance of the evidence, that a plan to change the permanency goals of the children so as to free them for adoption is in the childrens' best interests in light of the their medical needs, the fact that the they are in pre-adoptive homes, and the mother's failure to take rehabilitative steps. Accordingly, the Family Court's determination is...

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