MATTER OF ELIJAH L.J.

2018-03827, Docket Nos. B-18859-14, B-18860-14, N-23295-16.

173 A.D.3d 1184 (2019)

2019 NY Slip Op 05131

In the Matter of Elijah L.J. SCO Family of Services, Respondent; LaToya J., Appellant. (Proceeding No. 1.) In the Matter of Jeremiah L.J. SCO Family of Services, Respondent; LaToya J., Appellant. (Proceeding No. 2.) In the Matter of Azariah J. Administration for Children's Services, Respondent; LaToya J., Appellant. (Proceeding No. 3.)

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

Decided June 26, 2019.


Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, without costs or disbursements.

Terminating parental rights on the ground of mental illness requires the petitioning agency to show by clear and convincing evidence that the parent is presently, and will continue for the foreseeable future to be, unable to provide proper and adequate care for the child by reason of the parent's mental illness (see Social Services Law § 384-b[4][c]; Matter...

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