In re the Custody & Guardianship of Christine Marie R.

—Order of disposition, Family Court, New York County (Leah Marks, J.), entered on or about May 20, 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 20 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…