MATTER OF MAHKAYLA W.

Docket Nos. NN-09147-18, NN-05048-19, Appeal Nos. 16232-16233-16234, Case Nos. 2021-00690, 2021-02979, 2021-03121.

206 A.D.3d 599 (2022)

170 N.Y.S.3d 551

2022 NY Slip Op 04231

In the Matter of Mahkayla W. and Another, Infants. Raheem W. et al., Appellants; Administration for Children's Services, Respondent.

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

Decided June 30, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel X. Robinson , New York, for Raheem W., appellant.

Steven N. Feinman , White Plains, for Katrina F., appellant.

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

Concur—Kapnick, J.P., Friedman, Moulton, Shulman, Pitt, JJ.


The mother's contention that the neglect petition was insufficiently pleaded is raised for the first time on appeal and unpreserved for appellate review (see Matter of Kevin J., 55 A.D.3d 468, 468 [1st Dept 2008], lv denied 11 N.Y.3d 715 [2009]). Were we to reach the merits, we would find that the allegations set forth in the petition were facially sufficient to state a cause of action for...

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