MATTER OF ISCELA G.

Docket Nos. NN-9077-80/18, NN-34833/18. Appeal No. 13560. Case No. 2019-04352.

193 A.D.3d 521 (2021)

141 N.Y.S.3d 840

2021 NY Slip Op 02263

In the Matter of Iscela G., a Child Alleged to be Neglected. Lorenzo T., Respondent; Administration for Children's Services, Appellant.

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

Decided April 13, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Johnson , Corporation Counsel, New York ( Julia Bedell of counsel), for appellant.

Aleza Ross , Patchogue, for respondent.

Dawne A. Mitchell , The Legal Aid Society, New York ( Raymond E. Rogers of counsel), attorney for the child.

Concur—Kapnick, J.P., Kern, Singh, Scarpulla, JJ.


A preponderance of the evidence demonstrated that respondent was either the subject child's biological father or, at a minimum, a person legally responsible for her. The credible evidence showed that respondent was the undisputed father of her four older siblings and he never denied that he was the subject child's father. To the contrary, during the proceedings, respondent represented that he was the father of all five children...

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