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MATTER OF ALEXANDER S.B.

Docket No. B25550/17. Appeal No. 15844. Case No. 2020-03936.

205 A.D.3d 409 (2022)

167 N.Y.S.3d 89

2022 NY Slip Op 02941

In the Matter of Alexander S.B., a Child Alleged to be Neglected. Melissa B., Appellant; SCO Family Services, Respondent.

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

Decided May 3, 2022.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Law Offices of Randall S. Carmel, Jericho ( Randall S. Carmel of counsel), for appellant.

Leventhal, Mullaney & Blinkoff, LLP, Roslyn ( Jeffrey Blinkoff of counsel), for respondent.

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

Concur—Renwick, J.P., Kapnick, Friedman, Rodriguez, Pitt, JJ.

A preponderance of the evidence supports Family Court's determination that it was in the child's best interests to terminate the mother's parental rights and free him for adoption. The child, who was less than two years old, and his older sibling were removed from the mother's care in 2012 based on the mother's use of excessive corporal punishment and following a prior finding that she had neglected the older child by reason of mental health disorders (see Matter of Naitalya...

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