In re James WW.

Appeals from two orders of the Family Court of Rensselaer County (Cholakis, J), entered April 15, 2011, which, among other things, granted petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to Social Services Law § 384-b, to adjudicate James WW a permanently neglected child, and terminated respondent’s parental rights.

A neglect petition was filed against respondent after her son (born in 2009) tested positive at birth for drugs. While the petition was pending, the child was placed in the custody of his paternal grandmother. A few months later, petitioner’s caseworker visited the grandmother’s…