In Re the Guardianship & Custody of Dochingozi B.

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

The order of the Appellate Division should be reversed, without costs, and the matter remitted to the Family Court, New York County, for further proceedings on the petition.

The record in this proceeding to terminate parental rights does not support the finding that the natural mother is “presently and for the foreseeable future unable, by reason of mental illness * * * to provide proper and adequate care” for her child (Social Services Law, § 384-b, subd 4, par [c]). The quality and quantity of the psychiatric testimony was insufficient to sdtisfy the…