In re the Guardianship of Luisa Lara M.

—Order of disposition, Family Court, New York County (Ruth Zuckerman, J.), entered August 2, 1994, which, inter alia, terminated respondent’s parental rights to the subject child upon a finding of mental illness, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

The evidence is clear and convincing that respondent mother has suffered from severe mental illness for more than 30 years characterized by a recurring cycle of psychiatric hospitalizations, sometimes for extended periods of time, and that she has functioned at only a marginal level throughout her entire adult life. Since respondent is simply…