In re Mary YY.

Appeal from an order of the Family Court of St. Lawrence County (Morris, J.), entered March 5, 2012, which granted petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to Family Ct Act article 10, to adjudicate respondents’ child to be neglected.

Respondent Justa ZZ. (hereinafter the mother) and respondent Albert YY. (hereinafter the father) are the parents of a child (born in January 2011) with a cleft palate. As the child, who was approximately eight weeks premature, weighed less than three pounds at birth, she remained hospitalized for several weeks, during which time her weight steadily…