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MATTER OF NAUTICA SKYY W.

Docket No. B-10401/18. Appeal No. 14466. Case No. 2021-00255.

198 A.D.3d 589 (2021)

152 N.Y.S.3d 912

2021 NY Slip Op 05841

In the Matter of Nautica Skyy W., a Child Alleged to be Neglected. Jewish Child Care Association of New York, Respondent; Amber NY-Cole W., Appellant, et al., Respondent.

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

Decided October 26, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Law Office of Thomas R. Villeco, P.C., Jericho ( Thomas R. Villecco of counsel), for appellant.

Geoffrey P. Berman , Larchmont, for respondent.

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

Concur—Kern, J.P., Oing, Singh, Mendez, Higgitt, JJ.

The court providently exercised its discretion in denying the mother's request for an adjournment of the fact-finding hearing in that she provided no legal excuse for her failure to appear either in person or by telephone, and it was not in the best interests of the child to protract the proceedings (see Matter of Steven B., 6 N.Y.3d 888, 889 [2006]).

The court properly concluded that the agency demonstrated that it was in...

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