MATTER OF GOD McQ

Docket Nos. NN-1272/19, NN-1273/19. Appeal No. 14150. Case No. 2020-03935.

196 A.D.3d 406 (2021)

146 N.Y.S.3d 773

2021 NY Slip Op 04191

In the Matter of God McQ. and Another, Infants. Shawnta G., Appellant; Administration for Children's Services, Respondent.

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

Decided July 1, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew J. Baer , New York, for appellant.

James E. Johnson , Corporation Counsel, New York ( Julie Steiner , of counsel), for respondent.

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

Concur— Renwick, J.P., Gische, Oing, Mendez, JJ.


There is a sound and substantial basis in the record for the Family Court's determination that the return of the subject children to the mother pending the outcome of this neglect proceeding would present an imminent risk to them, and that the risk could not be mitigated by reasonable efforts to avoid removal, in light of the mother's history of untreated mental illness and substance abuse, prior neglect findings against her, lack of insight into her mental illness, and history...

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