MATTER OF TARAHJI N.

2020-00476. Docket Nos. N-6586-2017, N-6587-2017, N-6588-2017, N-6589-2017, N-6590-2017, N-11440-2017.

197 A.D.3d 1317 (2021)

153 N.Y.S.3d 598

2021 NY Slip Op 05125

In the Matter of Tarahji N. Administration for Children's Services, Appellant-Respondent; Bryan N., Respondent, and Divequa C., Respondent-Appellant. (Proceeding No. 1.) In the Matter of Shyla P. Administration for Children's Services, Appellant-Respondent; Bryan N., Respondent, and Divequa C., Respondent-Appellant. (Proceeding No. 2.) In the Matter of Amir P. Administration for Children's Services, Appellant-Respondent; Bryan N., Respondent, and Divequa C., Respondent-Appellant. (Proceeding No. 3.) In the Matter of Kamiah P. Administration for Children's Services, Appellant-Respondent; Bryan N., Respondent, and Divequa C., Respondent-Appellant. (Proceeding No. 4.) In the Matter of Layha H. Administration for Children's Services, Appellant-Respondent; Bryan N., Respondent, and Divequa C., Respondent-Appellant. (Proceeding No. 5.) In the Matter of Zuri N. Administration for Children's Services, Appellant-Respondent; Bryan N., Respondent, and Divequa C., Respondent-Appellant. (Proceeding No. 6.)

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

Decided September 29, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bryan N. (Anonymous), respondent, Divequa C. (Anonymous), respondent-appellant. (Proceeding No. 6)

Georgia M. Pestana , Corporation Counsel, New York, NY ( John Moore and Cynthia Kao of counsel), for petitioner-appellant-respondent.

Heath J. Goldstein , Jamaica, NY, for respondent-appellant.

Michele Cortese , New York, NY ( Emily S. Wall of counsel), for respondent.

Richard L. Herzfeld , New York, NY, attorney for the children Tarahji N. and Zuri N. Warren S. Hecht, Forest Hills, NY, attorney for the children Amir P., Kamiah P., and Layha H. Lewis S. Calderon, Jamaica, NY, attorney for the child Shyla P.

Dillon, J.P., Iannacci, Christopher and Wooten, JJ., concur.


Ordered that the order is modified, on the facts, (1) by deleting the provision thereof dismissing the amended petitions insofar as asserted against Bryan N., and substituting therefor a provision finding that Bryan N. abused the child Shyla P., and derivatively abused the children Amir P., Kamiah P., Layha H., Tarahji N., and Zuri N., and (2) by deleting the provision thereof finding that the mother neglected the child Amir P. by inflicting excessive corporal punishment...

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