In re Adrianahmarie SS.

Respondents, Roxann M. (hereinafter the mother) and Harold SS. (hereinafter the father), are the parents of two daughters (born in 2008 and 2009). The children were removed from respondents’ care in February 2010 and, based upon respondents’ respective admissions, Family Court (Lawliss, J.) adjudicated the children to be neglected in May 2010. Petitioner thereafter commenced these proceedings in March 2011 seeking to terminate respondents’ parental rights upon the ground of mental illness. Following a fact-finding hearing, Supreme Court1 granted petitioner’s applications and terminated…