Legal Opinion

Matter of Ruth Joanna O.O. (Melissa O.)

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

Decided February 28, 2017PublishedCited by 21 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

Tom, J.P.

In this child protective proceeding, appellant Melissa O. (the mother) appeals from the finding of the Family Court that she neglected her three-month-old baby girl. After being discovered at 3 a.m. walking in the middle of a road in Texas, suffering from delusions and talking to herself while her infant daughter was left in the front seat of a vehicle stopped somewhere on the road, the mother was hospitalized in a Texas psychiatric ward. Thereafter, the mother, due to her abnormal, aggressive and threatening behavior, was examined by two psychiatrists in New York…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Nicholson v. ScoppettaNew York Court of Appeals · 2004
  2. Matter of O.New York Court of Appeals · 1975
  3. Nassau County Department of Social Services Ex. Rel. Dante M. v. Denise J.New York Court of Appeals · 1995
  4. In re Jayvien E.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2010
  5. Matter of Kiemiyah M. (Cassiah M.)Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2016

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3Cited by21 opinions

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