Legal Opinion

In re the Guardianship & Custody of Jemanja B.

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

Decided October 11, 2001PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

—Orders of disposition, Family Court, Bronx County (Rhoda Cohen, J.), entered on or about July 18, 1996, terminating respondent’s parental rights to the subject children upon a finding of mental illness, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Clear and convincing evidence of mental illness within the meaning of Social Services Law § 384-b (6) (a) as required by Social Services Law § 384-b (4) (c) to terminate parental rights was provided by the psychiatrist who interviewed respondent and reviewed her medical records (see, Matter of David T., 268 AD2d 309). Given such a finding, a dispositional…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. In re David T.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2000

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. In re Katherine L.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2004
  2. In re Loretta C.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2006

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