MATTER OF LANELIS V.

8956, 8957.

2013 NY Slip Op 00041

IN RE LANELIS V., A CHILD UNDER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN YEARS, ETC., AND DAISY C., Respondent-Appellant, COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SERVICES OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, Petitioner-Respondent.

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

Decided January 8, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dora M. Lassinger , East Rockaway, for appellant.

Michael A. Cardozo , Corporation Counsel, New York ( Kathy H. Chang of counsel), for respondent.

Tamara A. Steckler , The Legal Aid Society, New York ( Diane Pazar of counsel), attorney for the child.

Before: Tom, J.P., Andrias, Freedman, Román, Gische, JJ.


The record supports the court's neglect finding in that the mother subjected the child to multiple, repeated, intrusive physical and mental health examinations based on her unfounded suspicions that the father had sexually abused the child. The record indicates that the mother's charges were thoroughly investigated, and were contraindicated by the child's occasional statements that she was lying about the abuse, that her mother told her to make the statements, and by the...

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