MATTER OF GARCIA v. NEW YORK STATE OFF. OF CHILDREN & FAMILY SERVS.

Index No. 153172/20. Appeal No. 15485. Case No. 2021-00799.

203 A.D.3d 488 (2022)

160 N.Y.S.3d 873

2022 NY Slip Op 01514

In the Matter of Ivelisse Garcia, Petitioner, v. New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Respondent.

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

Decided March 10, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Law Office of Roland R. Acevedo, New York ( Roland R. Acevedo of counsel), for petitioner.

Letitia James , Attorney General, New York ( Eric R. Haren of counsel), for respondent.

Concur—Manzanet-Daniels, J.P., Mazzarelli, González, Shulman, Rodriguez, JJ.


Substantial evidence supports respondent's conclusion that there was a strong basis to believe that petitioner would not take appropriate steps to protect the child's future health and wellbeing, and removal of the child from petitioner's care was not irrational (see generally Matter of Urena v Wing, 260 A.D.2d 158, 159 [1st...

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