MATTER OF RENEE M.


43 A.D.3d 343 (2007)

841 N.Y.S.2d 270

In the Matter of SHAKIMA RENEE M., Also Known as SHAKIMA M., an Infant. FAMILY SUPPORT SYSTEMS UNLIMITED, INC., et al., Respondents; TERRY M., Appellant, et al., Respondent. In the Matter of KADIJA TEMPIE M., Also Known as KADIJA M., an Infant. EDWIN GOULD SERVICES FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES et al., Respondents; TERRY M., Appellant, et al., Respondent.

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

Decided August 23, 2007.


After years of court proceedings involving the subject children since the February 2001 filing of the underlying petition for termination of parental rights on grounds of permanent neglect, the court issued the challenged judgments terminating the rights of both parents as to both children. It reasoned that "the plan of adoption is the only viable plan," and the best option for providing the children with a stabilized home environment.

We reverse. It is true, as petitioner...

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