IN THE MATTER OF BRENDA J. v. NICOLE M.


59 A.D.3d 299 (2009)

873 N.Y.S.2d 304

In the Matter of BRENDA J., Respondent, v. NICOLE M., Appellant.

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

Decided February 24, 2009.


The finding of unfitness (see generally Matter of Bennett v Jeffreys, 40 N.Y.2d 543, 548 [1976]) has ample support in the record, including petitioner's testimony, which was credited by the court; respondent's admissions concerning her use of corporal punishment and testimony that she continues to believe in it; photographs, hospital records and the report of the Administration for Children's Services caseworker documenting scars...

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