In re Nathan F.T.

In a proceeding pursuant to Social Services Law § 384-b to terminate parental rights on the ground of abandonment, nonparty Gillian McGoey appeals, by permission, from so much of an order of the Family Court, Westchester County (Schauer, J.), dated December 12, 2012, as, on the court’s own motion, imposed a sanction upon her pursuant to 22 NYCRR 130-1.1 on the ground of frivolous conduct.

Ordered that the order is reversed insofar as appealed from, on the law, without costs or disbursements, and the motion to impose a sanction upon Gillian McGoey is denied.

On November 13, 2010, the subject…