In re Logan Q.

Appeal from an order of the Family Court of Clinton County (Lawliss, J.), entered January 17, 2013, which granted petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to Social Services Law § 384-b, to adjudicate the subject child to be the child of a mentally ill and/or mentally retarded parent, and terminated respondent’s parental rights.

Respondent is the father of a child (born in 2011) who was placed in petitioner’s care very shortly after his birth. In July 2012, petitioner commenced the instant proceeding against respondent seeking to terminate his parental rights and alleging concerns…