MATTER OF ALETHIA R.

Docket No. NN15977-78/17. Appeal No. 13216. Case No. 2019-03437.

191 A.D.3d 615 (2021)

142 N.Y.S.3d 526

2021 NY Slip Op 01218

In the Matter of Alethia R. and Another, Children Alleged to be Neglected. Jaynie T.J., Appellant; Commissioner of Social Services of the City of New York, Respondent.

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

Decided February 25, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Law Office of Bruce A. Young, New York ( Bruce A. Young of counsel), for appellant.

James E. Johnson , Corporation Counsel, New York ( Daniel Matza-Brown of counsel), for respondent.

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

Concur—Manzanet-Daniels, J.P., Kern, Kennedy, Scarpulla, JJ.


A preponderance of the evidence supports the court's determination that respondent neglected her daughter by verbally abusing her, which posed a threat to her emotional well-being (see e.g. Matter of Patrice S., 63 A.D.3d 620 [1st Dept 2009]; Matter of Michele S. [Yi S.], 157 A.D.3d 551, 552 [1st Dept 2018], lv denied 31...

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