MATTER OF MELANIE J.A.

Docket No. NN-05231/22. Appeal No. 974. Case No. 2022-05333.

221 A.D.3d 421 (2023)

199 N.Y.S.3d 470

2023 NY Slip Op 05653

In the Matter of Melanie J.A., a Child Alleged to be Neglected. Ramon J., Appellant; Administration for Children's Services, Respondent.

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

Decided November 9, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel X. Robinson , New York, for appellant.

Sylvia O. Hinds-Radix , Corporation Counsel, New York ( Eva L. Jerome of counsel), for respondent.

Dawne Mitchell , The Legal Aid Society, New York ( Susan Clement of counsel), attorney for the child.

Concur—Webber, J.P., Friedman, González, Kennedy, O'Neill Levy, JJ.


Order of fact-finding and disposition (one paper) of the Family Court, Bronx County (Robert D. Hettleman, J.), entered on or about October 26, 2022, which, after a hearing, determined that respondent father neglected the subject child, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

The finding of neglect was proven by a preponderance of the evidence (see Family Ct Act § 1046[b][i]). The testimony established that the child's emotional and mental condition was impaired...

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