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BARBARA T. v. ACQUINETTA M.

7055.

164 A.D.3d 1 (2018)

82 N.Y.S.3d 416

2018 NY Slip Op 05736

In the Matter of BARBARA T., Respondent, v. ACQUINETTA M., Respondent, and THE CHILDREN'S LAW CENTER, on behalf of JA-QUEL M., Appellant.

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

Decided August 9, 2018.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Karen P. Simmons , The Children's Law Center, Brooklyn ( Janet Neustaetter and Dawn Post of counsel), for appellant.

Zachary W. Carter , Corporation Counsel, New York City ( Jane L. Gordon and Devin Slack of counsel), for Commissioner of Social Services, respondent.

Boom Health Legal Services, Bronx ( Sahar Shams of counsel), for Acquinetta M., respondent.

Karen Freedman , Lawyers For Children, Inc., New York City ( Betsy Kramer of counsel), for Lawyers For Children, amicus curiae.

Nancy Downing , New York City, for Covenant House New York, amicus curiae.

RENWICK, J.P., RICHTER, MANZANET-DANIELS and TOM, JJ., concur.

OPINION OF THE COURT

The essential facts are not in dispute. Ja-Quel M. was born on December 21, 2000. In or about 2010, he was removed from his birth mother's home and placed in non-kinship foster care with respondent Acquinetta M. (mother or Ms. M), who thereafter adopted him.1 When the adoption...

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