MATTER OF J.C.

Index No. B-31320-1/19. Appeal No. 1123. Case No. 2023-01293.

221 A.D.3d 561 (2023)

201 N.Y.S.3d 370

2023 NY Slip Op 06199

In the Matter of J.C. and Another, Infants. Joycelyn L., Appellant; New Alternatives for Children, Respondent.

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

Decided November 30, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Herzfeld, P.C., New York ( Richard L. Herzfeld of counsel), for appellant.

Dawn M. Shammas , New York, for respondent.

Dawne A. Mitchell , The Legal Aid Society, New York ( Amy Hausknecht of counsel), Attorney for the children.

Concur—Kapnick, J.P., Webber, Singh, Moulton, Scarpulla, JJ.


Order, Family Court, Bronx County (Cynthia Lopez, J.), entered on or about March 6, 2023, which, upon finding that respondent mother has an intellectual disability as defined in Social Services Law § 384-b(6)(b), terminated her parental rights to the subject children and transferred custody of the children to petitioner agency and the Commissioner of Social Services for the purpose of adoption, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

The court's finding that the...

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