In re Angel DD.

Appeal from an order of the Family Court of Clinton County (Lawliss, J.), entered June 13, 2003, which, inter aha, granted petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to Family Ct Act article 10, to adjudicate respondent’s child to be neglected.

The child who is the subject of this proceeding, Angel DD., was removed from her parents’ home shortly after birth. While *752Angel is respondent’s first child, she is the eighth child of her mother.1 Following a fact-finding hearing, Family Court ruled that respondent neglected the child by permitting her to be cared for by the mother.2 Respondent…