MATTER OF RITA T. v. COMMISSIONER OF ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN'S SERVICES OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK


49 A.D.3d 327 (2008)

854 N.Y.S.2d 344

In the Matter of RITA T., Appellant, v. COMMISSIONER OF ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN'S SERVICES OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, Respondent.

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

Decided March 11, 2008.


The court's determination that it was in the best interests of the children to deny custody to petitioner, their maternal grandmother, was amply supported by the record evidence, including the positive environment provided by the foster mother, who had cared for the children for the majority of their lives and tended to their special needs, and her stated desire to adopt the children (see Matter of Luz Maria V.,

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