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MATTER OF JOANNA O.O.

No. 141 SSM 28.

30 N.Y.3d 985 (2017)

2017 NY Slip Op 08040

In the Matter of RUTH JOANNA O.O., a Child Alleged to be Neglected. MELISSA O., Appellant; ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN'S SERVICES, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of New York.

Decided November 16, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The Feinman Law Firm, White Plains ( Steven N. Feinman of counsel), for appellant.

Zachary W. Carter, Corporation Counsel, New York City ( Emma Grunberg , Richard Dearing and Fay Ng of counsel), for respondent.

Seymour W. James, Jr. , Legal Aid Society, New York City ( Susan Clement of counsel), Attorney for the Child.

Katherine Moore , Seton Hall University School of Law, Newark, New Jersey, for Brooklyn Law School Disability and Civil Rights Clinic and others, amici curiae.

Concur: Chief Judge DiFIORE and Judges RIVERA, STEIN, FAHEY, GARCIA, WILSON and FEINMAN.

OPINION OF THE COURT

On review of submissions pursuant to section 500.11 of the Rules of the Court of Appeals (22 NYCRR 500.11), order affirmed, without costs, and certified question answered in the affirmative. Record support exists for the affirmed findings that Melissa O. committed acts constituting child neglect and the child is a neglected child as defined in Family Court Act...

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