MATTER OF AVRIE P.

11778-4/18.

185 A.D.3d 444 (2020)

124 N.Y.S.3d 796

2020 NY Slip Op 03849

In the Matter of Avrie P. and Another, Children Alleged to be Neglected. Meliza T., Appellant; Administration for Children's Services, Respondent.

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

Decided July 9, 2020.


Petitioner failed to establish by a preponderance of the evidence that the mother neglected the children by inflicting excessive corporal punishment upon her daughter and by failing to provide the minium standard of care to supervise her son. The record shows that the mother used force, as a last resort, as an effort to bring her daughter back home. The 10-year-old child had fled the apartment because she wanted to play at the park and was bored at home. The mother was concerned...

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