MATTER OF ROBERT L. v. JEFFERSON COUNTY DEPT. OF SOCIAL SERVS.

162 CAF 20-00678.

203 A.D.3d 1674 (2022)

162 N.Y.S.3d 832

2022 NY Slip Op 01913

In the Matter of Robert L. et al., Appellants, v. Jefferson County Department of Social Services, Respondent, et al., Respondent. (Appeal No. 2.)

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

Decided March 18, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

LOCKHART LAW OFFICE, P.C., NORTH SYRACUSE ( BETH A. LOCKHART , OF COUNSEL), FOR PETITIONERS-APPELLANTS.

MICHAEL D. WERNER , WATERTOWN, FOR RESPONDENT-RESPONDENT.

SCOTT A. OTIS , WATERTOWN, ATTORNEY FOR THE CHILD.

Present—Smith, J.P., Centra, Lindley, Curran and Bannister, JJ.


It is hereby ordered that the order so appealed from is unanimously affirmed without costs.

Memorandum: Petitioners are the maternal grandparents of the subject child. In July 2017, the child was removed from respondent father's care after the father shot and killed the child's mother. The child was placed in the custody of respondent Jefferson County Department of Social Services (DSS) and in the care of foster parents. Shortly after the commencement of a severe...

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