MATTER OF GABRIELLA B.

Docket No. B-00293/15. Appeal No. 14307. Case No. 2020-04659.

198 A.D.3d 438 (2021)

152 N.Y.S.3d 567

2021 NY Slip Op 05395

In the Matter of Heaven Gabriella B., an Infant. Tamara B., Appellant; St. Dominic's Home, Respondent.

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

Decided October 7, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carol L. Kahn , New York, for appellant.

Law Office of Ira L. Eras, P.C., Brooklyn ( Ira L. Eras of counsel), for respondent.

Dawne A. Mitchell , The Legal Aid Society, New York ( John A. Newbery of counsel), attorney for child.

Concur— Manzanet-Daniels, J.P., Mazzarelli, Moulton, González, Pitt, JJ.


Family Court correctly determined that reasonable efforts by petitioner to return the child to respondent's home were no longer required (Family Ct Act § 1039-b[a]). Petitioner demonstrated that respondent's parental rights to several of the child's older siblings had been involuntarily terminated (id. § 1039-b[b][6]; see e.g. Matter of Nevaeh Karen B. [Tamara B.], 134 A.D.3d 438

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