MATTER OF MELODY M.

2018-14028, Docket Nos. N-28926-18, N-28927-18.

176 A.D.3d 942 (2019)

111 N.Y.S.3d 308

2019 NY Slip Op 07399

In the Matter of Melody M. Administration for Children's Services, Respondent; Cierra B., Appellant, et al., Respondent. (Proceeding No. 1.). In the Matter of Madison M. Administration for Children's Services, Respondent; Cierra B., Appellant, et al., Respondent. (Proceeding No. 2.).

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

Decided October 16, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brooklyn Defender Services, Family Defense Practice, Brooklyn, NY ( Mairead Kennelly and Jessica Marcus of counsel), for appellant.

Georgia M. Pestana , Acting Corporation Counsel, New York, NY ( Jane L. Gordon and D. Alan Rosinus, Jr. , of counsel), for petitioner-respondent.

Janet E. Sabel , New York, NY ( Dawne A. Mitchell and Polixene Petrakopoulos of counsel), attorney for the children.

Dillon, J.P., Cohen, Miller and Connolly, JJ., concur.


Ordered that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.

In early November 2018, the Administration for Children's Services (hereinafter the petitioner) filed two petitions alleging, inter alia, that the mother neglected the subject children by failing to provide them with adequate supervision and guardianship. In an order dated November 20, 2018, the Family Court, after a hearing, granted the petitioner's application...

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