Matter of Ariella D. (Sharon D.)

Orders, Family Court, New York County (Susan Knipps, J.), entered on or about December 1, 2015, which, upon a fact-finding determination that respondent mother suffers from a mental illness as defined by Social Services Law § 384-b (6), terminated the mother’s parental rights and transferred custody of the subject children to petitioner agency and the Commissioner of the Administration for Children’s Services for purposes of adoption, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

The agency met its burden of establishing by “clear and convincing proof” that the mother is “presently and for the…