MATTER OF JARLIN M.

2020-02792. Docket No. B-21587-18.

198 A.D.3d 652 (2021)

152 N.Y.S.3d 348

2021 NY Slip Op 05339

In the Matter of Jarlin M. Mercyfirst, Appellant; Jaris D.S., Respondent, et al., Respondent.

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

Decided October 6, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Warren & Warren, P.C., Brooklyn, NY ( Ira L. Eras of counsel), for petitioner-appellant.

Brooklyn Defender Services, Brooklyn, NY ( Jessica Marcus of counsel), for respondent-respondent.

Elliot Green , Brooklyn, NY, attorney for the child.

Austin, J.P., Hinds-Radix, Barros and Genovesi, JJ., concur.


Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, without costs or disbursements.

The petitioner, Mercyfirst, commenced this proceeding pursuant to Social Services Law § 384-b to terminate the mother's parental rights on the ground of permanent neglect, inter alia, based on her failure to provide alternative custodial resources. Following a fact-finding hearing, the Family Court found that the petitioner failed to establish by clear and convincing...

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