MATTER OF FOUAD S.

Docket No. NN18693-4/17. Appeal No. 12804-12804A. Case No. 2019-5694.

190 A.D.3d 467 (2021)

2021 NY Slip Op 00097

In the Matter of Fouad S. and Another, Children Alleged to be Neglected. Mahmoud S., Appellant; Administration for Children's Services, Respondent.

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

Decided January 7, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The Bronx Defenders, Bronx ( Gwyneth Hesser of counsel), for appellant.

James E. Johnson , Corporation Counsel, New York ( Jamison Davies of counsel), for respondent.

Dawne A. Mitchell , The Legal Aid Society, New York ( Amy Hausknecht of counsel), attorney for the children.

Concur— Manzanet-Daniels, J.P., Kapnick, Moulton, González, Scarpulla, JJ.


The finding of neglect is supported by a preponderance of the evidence, which shows that the children's mental and emotional condition was impaired or in imminent danger of becoming impaired as a result of their exposure to incidents of domestic violence by respondent against their mother (Family Ct Act §§ 1012[f][i][B]; 1046[b][i]; see Matter of Andru G. [Jasmine C.], 156 A.D.3d 456 [1st Dept 2017]). The court properly...

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