MATTER OF CEMI A.

Docket No. NN-15036/17. Appeal Nos. 12652, 12652A. Case No. 2019-241.

189 A.D.3d 526 (2020)

133 N.Y.S.3d 811

2020 NY Slip Op 07485

In the Matter of Cemi A., a Child Alleged to be Neglected. Rayna A., Appellant; Administration for Children's Services, Respondent.

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

Decided December 15, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven P. Forbes , Jamaica, for appellant.

James E. Johnson , Corporation Counsel, New York ( Eva L. Jerome of counsel), for respondent.

Karen Freedman , Lawyers for Children, Inc., New York ( Shirim Nothenberg of counsel), attorney for the child.

Concur—Kapnick, J.P., Mazzarelli, Singh, Kennedy, JJ.


A preponderance of the evidence supports the court's finding that respondent medically neglected the child by withholding or delaying consent for necessary treatment and procedures for the child, who had a congenital short bowel condition and needed assistance feeding, and that the withholding or delaying of consent resulted in impairment or the risk of impairment of the child's condition (see Family Ct Act § 1012[f][i][A]; Matter of Nadia S. [Ron S.],...

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