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MATTER OF MELODY S.

Docket No. NN-07839/18. Appeal No. 13828. Case No. 2019-2982.

193 A.D.3d 470 (2021)

141 N.Y.S.3d 704

2021 NY Slip Op 02119

In the Matter of Melody S., a Child Alleged to be Neglected. Maryeling S.-P., Appellant; Administration for Children's Services, Respondent.

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

Decided April 6, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The Law Offices of Salihah R. Denman, PLLC, New York ( Salihah R. Denman of counsel), for appellant.

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

Dawne A. Mitchell , The Legal Aid Society, New York ( Polixene Petrakopoulos of counsel), attorney the child.

Concur—Renwick, J.P., Kennedy, Scarpulla, Shulman, JJ.

A preponderance of the evidence established that respondent's untreated mental illness and alcohol misuse placed the subject infant child at substantial risk of harm and warranted a finding of neglect (see Matter of Lakiyah M. [Shacora M.], 136 A.D.3d 424, 425 [1st Dept 2016]; Matter of Liarah H. [Dora S.], 111 A.D.3d 514, 515 [1st...

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