MATTER OF KORAH Z.G.

2020-00482. Docket No. B-11015-17.

189 A.D.3d 1587 (2020)

135 N.Y.S.3d 281

2020 NY Slip Op 08063

In the Matter of Korah Z.G. Administration for Children's Services, Petitioner; SCO Family of Services, Respondent; Sandra W., Appellant.

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

Decided December 30, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joan N. G. James , Brooklyn, NY, for respondent-appellant.

Leventhal, Mullaney & Blinkoff, LLP, Roslyn, NY ( Jeffrey Blinkoff of counsel), for petitioner-respondent.

Richard L. Herzfeld , New York, NY, attorney for the child.

Rivera, J.P., Duffy, Iannacci and Wooten, JJ., concur.


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

The petitioner commenced this proceeding to terminate the mother's parental rights to the subject child on the ground of mental illness (see Social Services Law § 384-b[4][c]). After a fact-finding hearing, the Family Court granted the petition. The mother appeals.

An agency seeking a termination of parental rights on the ground of mental illness must demonstrate...

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