Legal Opinion
In re Messiah C.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided May 3, 2012PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Order, Family Court, New York County (Clark V Richardson, J.), entered on or about January 12, 2011, which, after a fact-finding hearing, determined that respondent had derivatively neglected the subject child, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
The finding of derivative neglect was supported by a prepon*450derance of the evidence (see Family Ct Act § 1046 [b] [i]; Matter of Tammie Z., 66 NY2d 1, 3 [1985]). The record shows that respondent mother had a 13-year history of abusing illegal narcotics, and that due to her addiction, her three older children had been removed from her care and her…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- In re Tammie Z.New York Court of Appeals · 1985
- In re Noah Jeremiah J.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2010
- In re Brianna R.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2010
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