MATTER OF PATRICIA A.

Docket No. B-40760-62/14. Appeal No. 14009. Case No. 2020-02051.

195 A.D.3d 457 (2021)

144 N.Y.S.3d 857

2021 NY Slip Op 03539

In the Matter of Patricia A. and Others, Children Alleged to be Neglected. Norman A. et al., Appellants; Cardinal McCloskey Community Services et al., Respondents.

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

Decided June 8, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Proskauer Rose LLP, New York ( Adam L. Deming of counsel), for appellants.

Geoffrey P. Berman, PC, Larchmont ( Geoffrey P. Berman of counsel), for respondent.

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

Sarah Wheeler and Sarah Burns , New York, for The Reproductive Justice Clinic at New York University School of Law, amicus curiae and Erin Cloud and Lisa Sangoi, Calabasas, CA, for Movement for Family Power, amicus curiae.

Concur—Renwick, J.P., Kern, Scarpulla, Mendez, JJ.


The finding of permanent neglect was supported by clear and convincing evidence. Even though respondents regularly visited the children and successfully completed their service plan, they failed to credibly acknowledge the problems that led to the foster care placement of the children in the first place, and Family Court was in the best position to make this evaluation (see Matter of Nathaniel T., 67 N.Y...

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