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MATTER OF PERLA B.

48 A.D.3d 261 (2008)

851 N.Y.S.2d 173

In the Matter of PERLA B., a Child Alleged to be Permanently Neglected. ELSA M. et al., Appellants; COALITION FOR HISPANIC FAMILY SERVICES, Respondent.

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

Decided February 7, 2008.

The court appropriately exercised its discretion in granting petitioner leave to file an amended petition changing the time frame in which to establish respondents' permanent neglect of the subject child as the amendment did not prejudice respondents or in any way hinder them from preparing their defense (see Cherebin v Empress Ambulance Serv., Inc., 43 A.D.3d 364 [2007]).

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