Legal Opinion
In re Hime Y.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided February 24, 1981PublishedCited by 73 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Jones, J.
In this proceeding to terminate parental rights the evidence in the record is not sufficient to support the finding by the Appellate Division that the mother, by reason of mental illness, is presently and for the foreseeable future unable to provide proper care for her child. Its order granting the petition on that ground must therefore be reversed and the matter remitted to that court to determine whether there was sufficient evidence of permanent neglect by the mother to support a termination of her parental rights for that reason — a question not passed on by…
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