MATTER OF LEVI L.

Docket No. NN-30479-80/17. Appeal No. 15483. Case No. 2019-3087.

203 A.D.3d 490 (2022)

160 N.Y.S.3d 871

2022 NY Slip Op 01516

In the Matter of Levi L. and Another, Infants. Deanna R., Appellant; Administration for Children's Services, Respondent.

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

Decided March 10, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The Law Offices of Salihah R. Denman, PLLC, New York ( Salihah R. Denman of counsel), for appellant.

Georgia M. Pestana , Corporation Counsel, New York ( Benjamin H. Pollak of counsel), for respondent.

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


A preponderance of the evidence supports the finding that the mother neglected the children by reason of her untreated mental illness, which led her to engage in conduct that placed the children in imminent risk of harm (see Matter of Sa'Fiyah D. [Mahogany R.], 158 A.D.3d 415 [1st Dept 2018]; see also Matter of Delybe C. [Sonia S.], 121 A.D.3d 467 [1st Dept 2014]). There had been previous...

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