Legal Opinion

In re Carolinia Ann M.

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

Decided November 10, 1997Published

1Opinion of the Court

—In a proceeding pursuant to Social Services Law § 384-b, inter alia, to terminate the mother’s parental rights on the ground that she is unable by reason of mental retardation to provide proper and adequate care for her child, the mother appeals, as limited by her brief, from so much of an order of the Family Court, Queens County (De Phillips, J.), dated January 11, 1996, as, after a hearing, terminated her parental rights and transferred guardianship and custody of the child to the petitioner St. Christopher-Ottilie and to the Commissioner of Social Services of the City of New York.

Ordered…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Anders v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. In re the N. ChildrenAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1991
  3. People ex rel. Harris v. CoughlinAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1987

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