MATTER OF NATASHA W. v. NEW YORK STATE OFFICE OF CHILDREN & FAMILY SERVICES

No. 65.

32 N.Y.3d 982 (2018)

110 N.E.3d 503

85 N.Y.S.3d 391

2018 NY Slip Op 04379

In the Matter of NATASHA W., Respondent, v. NEW YORK STATE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES et al., Appellants, et al., Respondent.

Court of Appeals of New York.

Decided June 14, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barbara D. Underwood , Attorney General, New York City ( Matthew W. Grieco and Anisha S. Dasgupta of counsel), for appellants.

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, New York City ( Audra J. Soloway , Adam J. Bernstein , Kimberly A. Francis , Sierra A.Y. Robart and Christopher H. Trivisonno of counsel), for respondent Natasha W.

NYU Family Defense Clinic, Washington Square Legal Services, New York City ( Christine Gottlieb and Martin Guggenheim of counsel), for NYU Family Defense Clinic and others, amici curiae.


OPINION OF THE COURT

MEMORANDUM.

The order of the Appellate Division should be reversed, without costs, and the petition dismissed. Contrary to petitioner's contention, this Court has jurisdiction over this appeal inasmuch as the dual dissent at the Appellate Division is on a question of law (see CPLR 5601 [a]; see also Matter of Kelly v Safir, 96 N.Y.2d 32, 38...

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