In re Demariah A. Erie County Department of Social Services

Appeal from an order of the Family Court, Erie County (Patricia A. Maxwell, J.), entered March 18, 2009 in a proceeding pursuant to Social Services Law § 384-b. The order, insofar as appealed from, terminated the parental rights of respondent Demario A.

It is hereby ordered that the order so appealed from is unanimously affirmed without costs.

Memorandum: Respondent father appeals from an order terminating his parental rights with respect to the child in question on the ground of mental illness. We affirm. Petitioner met its burden of demonstrating by clear and convincing evidence that the…