Legal Opinion

In re Male R.

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

Decided May 13, 2014Published

1Opinion of the Court

Order, Family Court, Bronx County (Sarah E Cooper, J.), entered on or about October 18, 2012, which, insofar as appealed from as limited by the briefs, terminated respondent mother’s parental rights and transferred the custody and guardianship of the subject male children to petitioner agency and the Commissioner of the Department of Social Services for the purpose of adoption, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

A preponderance of the evidence at the dispositional hearing supported the determination that the best interests of the subject male children would be served by terminating the…

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