MATTER OF SUZANNE RR.


35 A.D.3d 1012 (2006)

826 N.Y.S.2d 785

In the Matter of SUZANNE RR., a Child Alleged to be Neglected. CLINTON COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, Respondent; WENDY SS., Appellant.

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

Decided December 14, 2006.


Mugglin, J.

The issue presented on this appeal is whether Family Court properly granted summary judgment to petitioner in this Family Ct Act article 10 derivative neglect proceeding. While it is well established that Family Court is so authorized, summary judgment "remains a drastic procedural device which will be found appropriate only in those circumstances `when it has been clearly ascertained that there is no triable issue of fact outstanding; issue finding, rather...

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