In re the Guardianship & Custody of Lisa M.

—Orders of disposition, Family Court, New York County (Leah Marks, J., at fact finding; Sara Schechter, J., at disposition), entered on or about August 1, 1997, terminating respondent’s parental rights to the subject children upon a finding of mental illness, and committing their guardianship and custody to the Commissioner of Social Services and petitioner agency for the purpose of adoption, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Clear and convincing evidence supports Family Court’s findings that respondent suffers from a mental illness, the substantial and chronic nature of which, when…