Matter of Shania D. (Lesley D.)

— Appeal from an order of the Family Court, Kings County (Ann E. O’Shea, J.), dated November 6, 2014. The order, after a fact-finding inquest and upon a finding that the father did not neglect Shania D., dismissed the petition with prejudice.

Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law and the facts, without costs or disbursements, the petition is reinstated, a finding is made that the respondent father neglected Shania D., and the matter is remitted to the Family Court, Kings County, for a dispositional hearing.

The Administration for Children’s Services (hereinafter ACS) commenced this…