In re Richardson

OPINION OF THE COURT

Kaye, J.

Where a child has been in the care of an authorized agency for more than a year prior to a petition to commit guardianship and custody to the agency, and where by clear and convincing evidence the child’s parents are shown to be presently and for the foreseeable future unable, by reason of mental retardation, *42to provide proper and adequate care for the child, there is no per se requirement of a separate dispositional hearing for consideration of long-term foster care. We therefore affirm the order of the Appellate Division, which itself affirmed the termination of…