Legal Opinion

In re Benicio H.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided March 19, 2014Published

1Opinion of the Court

In a neglect proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 10, the mother appeals from an order of fact-finding and disposition of the Family Court, Suffolk County (Whelan, J.), dated April 1, 2013, which, after a fact-finding hearing, found that she neglected the subject child, and upon her failure to appear at the dispositional hearing, placed the child with the maternal great aunt.

Ordered that the appeal from so much of the order of fact-finding and disposition as placed the child with the maternal great aunt upon the mother’s failure to appear at the dispositional hearing is dismissed…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Nassau County Department of Social Services Ex. Rel. Dante M. v. Denise J.New York Court of Appeals · 1995
  2. In re Alexis Latoya Revell W.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2004

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