Regina YY. v. Broome County Department of Social Services

—Casey, J.

Appeal from an order of the Family Court of Broome County (Ray, J.), entered October 18, 1994, which dismissed petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 6, to modify the terms of custody of petitioner’s children.

In February 1994, Family Court adjudged petitioner’s four children to be neglected within the meaning of Family Court Act article 10 and extended for an additional 12 months a prior order which had awarded custody of three of the children to respondent and had placed the fourth child in the custody of a maternal aunt. Petitioner’s…