Legal Opinion

In re the Guardianship of Elizabeth J.

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

Decided April 17, 2001Published

1Opinion of the Court

—Order of disposition, Family Court, New York County (Rhonda Cohen, J.), entered June 16, 1998, insofar as appealed from, terminating respondent-appellant’s parental rights to subject child and committing the child’s custody and guardianship to petitioner agency and the Commissioner of Social Services for the purposes of adoption, upon a fact-finding determination of mental illness, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Clear and convincing evidence of respondent’s mental illness within the meaning of Social Services Law § 384-b (4) (c) was provided by proof of her lengthy history of mental…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. In re Tyesha W.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1999
  2. In re Alfred R.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2001

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