Legal Opinion

In re the Guardianship & Custody of Roselyn Mercedes F.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided April 22, 1997PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

—Orders, Family Court, Bronx County (Marjory Fields, J.), entered February 15, 1996, terminating respondent’s parental rights to the six subject children upon a finding of mental illness, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Uncontroverted expert testimony established that respondent is presently and for the foreseeable future unable, by reason of mental illness, to provide proper and adequate care for the six children (Social Services Law § 384-b [4] [c]; [6] [a]). Notwithstanding that readoptive homes had not been found for all the children, termination of respondent’s parental rights is in…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. In re Brett J.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994

3Cited by4 opinions

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  4. In re Tyesha W.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1999

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